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Background/Aims: Gastric cancer is still an important health issue in Eastern Europe and Middle East, including Turkey, although its prevalence is decreasing in the western world. Methodology: In order to define the profiles of the patients operated with a diagnosis of gastric cancer in Turkey, a multicenter retrospective study was conducted. Results: Six hundred and forty-eight of the 840 patients with complete data in all parameters were included in the analysis. The median follow-up time was 17.16 months (range, 6-143.63 months). Mean age was 57+/-11.7 (19-85). There was a recurrent disease in 42% of the tumors located at cardia, corpus or antrum, and 86% of diffuse tumors (p= 10% (p |
