Onkologie. 2009:3(1):36-38
Gastric cancer is a major malignant disease; 2 434 (48,7/100 000) males and 2 064 (39,4/100 000) females were involved with the disease in
the Czech Republic in 2005 (i. e. 41 % in males and 50 % in females more then in 1989) (1). Tendency of medical care is to offer an optimal
method of treatment. Surgeons have realized that their chances are exhausted; nevertheless, radical surgery still represents the only
way of complete cure. Recently, a benefit of examination of the sentinel lymph node and an extent of lymphadenectomy as a port of
the a procedure are discussed in relation to the diagnosis.
Published: March 1, 2009 Show citation