Experience with cytostatic therapy of stomach cancer

The authors have been working on the cytostatic treatment of gastric cancer since 1982. The patients were divided into two groups. Group 1.: Patients who had been operated radically on gastric cancer. Group 2.: Patients who had advanced gastric cancer. The following cytostatic drugs were administrated: Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Ftorafur. The patients who had been operated on radically were given adjuvant cytostatic treatment for 3 months according to their own protocol. The patients advanced gastric cancer got life long systemic cytostatic treatment. Between 1982 and 1989, 36 histologically proven gastric carcinoma patients were treated. The effectiveness of the therapy was measured by the survival time from the beginning of the cytostatic treatment. The control group 67 patients consisted of radically or palliative operated patients of the surgical department of those who had not got chemotherapeutic treatment. According to the experiences of the authors, the survival time was prolonged considerably by cytostatic treatment in the group of palliative operated or inoperable patients.