“…As in other reports abdominal pain was the commonest presenting feature (Novak et al, 1979;Contreary et al, 1980;Herrmann et al, 1980;Kaufman et al, 1984;Rao et al, 1984;Bonadonna & Valagussa, 1986;Makepeace et al, 1987;Kajanti et al, 1988;List et al, 1988;Jones et al, 1988). Although comparisons of overall survival between different published series do not take account of differences in risk factors within the series, it is perhaps worth noting that the overall survival of 44% at 5 years in the present series compares favourably with previous reports, in which it ranges from 33% to 55% (Rao et al, 1984;Bonadonna & Valagussa, 1986;Ampil, 1987;Makepeace et al, 1987;Baildam et al, 1989).…”