[D2 lymphadenectomy for surgical and combined treatment of the gastric cancer].

Immediate results of 100 D2 lymphadenectomies, performed for gastric cancer, were analyzed. The combined treatment included preoperative radiotherapy (n=39), combinations of pre- and postoperative radiotherapy (n=18) and adjuvant chemotherapy (n=18). The majority of patients had tumors of the lower third of the stomach, histologically low- and non-differentiated adenocarcinomas. Gastrectomy was performed in majority of cases. Achieved results showed, that pre- and postoperative radiotherapy led neither to lethality nor to complication rate or to hospital stay time increase. Thus, D2 lymphadenectomy for surgical and combined treatment of the gastric cancer, is a safe procedure with an acceptable rate of postoperative complications. It does not prevent neo- and adjuvant chemo- or radiotherapy conduction. D2 lymphadenectomy allows a more thorough cancer staging, according both to international and Japanese classifications.