“…In most of these works, such variables were analyzed in groups of patients undergoing any type of gastric resection, without distinguishing curative from palliative approaches 3,5,7,9,[14][15][16][17][18][19] , while a smaller number detained on the study of these factors solely in the curative operation 8,11,20 , similar to our series. Like our study, several others confirmed that the B IV was associated with known factors of poor [5][6][7]11,14,16 . Diagnosis in advanced stages, poorly differentiated histology, serosal invasion and high incidence of lymph node involvement are factors that directly influence the prognosis, causing lower rates of curative operations, which can vary between 31 and 52% 3,[5][6][7][8]20 and are in agreement with our data, which was 42.3% (52/123).…”