EVALUATION OF THE SURVIVAL AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOINIG D1 AND D2 RESECTION IN GASTRIC CANCER

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The incidence of gastric cancer is continuing to fall with the reduction exclusively 
affecting carcinoma arising in the body of the stomach and distal stomach. In contrast, the incidence in the 
proximal stomach, particularly the oesophago-gastric junction, appears to be increasing. Carcinoma of the 
distal stomach and body of the stomach is most common in low-socioeconomic groups, whereas the 
increase in proximal gastric cancer seems to affect principally higher socio-economic groups. This clinical 
study is undertaken to find the survival and prognostic factors in patients undergoing D1 resection and D2 
resection