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Gastric cancer and survival
Author(s) -
Hughes Edward S. R.,
Johnson William R.,
McDermott Francis T.,
Polglase Adrian L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb103944.x
Subject(s) - cancer , medicine , plea , stomach , stomach cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , general surgery , surgery , political science , law
The survival of patients with cancer of the stomach in a Melbourne series showed no improvement over a 20‐year period. Of 246 patients, 8.1 % survived for a period of five years, and 4.8% survived for 10 years after presentation. A further plea is made to establish a “100%” register of cancer.