This study was carried out in AL-ASSAD University Hospital during the years 2005-
2015, and included 56 patients who have been treated of gastric cancer. Male: Female ratio
was 1:1.85, the peak incidence was in the 6th and 7th decades 60%, the heig
hest incidence
was in lower third of stomach in 65% of cases. Adenocarcinoma (FUNGATING FORM)
was the most common pathological macroscopic form 45%,. The most common operation
was subtotal gastrectomy 71.05% with Omega, Brown anastomosis 52.63%, interiorly of
the colon, in the two third of cases.D1 dissection was performed in 92.1% of cases,
compared with D2 dissection which was performed in 6.9% of cases.Spleenectoy was
performed in 15.7% of cases, and the cholecystectomy was performed in 2.5% of
cases.Stage ɪɪ and stage ɪɪɪ constitute 90% of cases.
