PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN PRIMARY GASTRIC NON -HODGKIN-LYMPHOMA - RESULTSOF AN UNI-VARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE-ANALYSIS

Retrospectively analyzed data of 41 patients with primary gastric non- Hodgkin lymphoma which were all treated by gastric resection are prese nted with regard to their histopathologic and clinical findings. 87% o f the patients were distributed on stage EI and EII (51% high-grade an d 49% low-grade lymphoma). RO resection was achieved in 80% of our cas es and in 27% of the cases gastric resection was part of a multimodal therapy. The median follow up of the living patients was 42 months, th e overall 5-year survival rate 74%. Tumor stage, extent of surgical re section, histologic grade, tumor site, RO-resection and tumor size sho wed a significant prognostic influence on survival. The question wheth er RO resectable cases benefit from an adjuvant therapy must be answer ed by further randomized studies.