[Gastric carcinoma in Cantabria: III. Anatomo-pathological factors of prognostic significance].

In the present study, we have proceeded to analyze different anatomo-pathological parametres concerning 638 gastric carcinomas, for a twelve year period between 1970-1981, such as location and macroscopic aspect, tumoral extension and histological type, observing their prognosis in the case of curative surgery. We have also proceeded to analyze the rate of survival amounting to 5 years in all the patients being examined, depending on the therapeutical attitude in use. We then proceeded to compare our series with others already published, thus coinciding in the best prognosis as to tumoral location in antrum-pylorus with an ulcerated aspect, less depth as to intraparietal invasion, as well as an absence of ganglionar compromise and visceral metastasis. We also proceeded to analyze the rate of survival concerning the histological type, according to WHO classification.