“…For locally advanced nonresectable or R1-and R2-resected gastric carcinomas, the published median survival times are 6-14 months [2,12,33]. It should, however, be taken into account here that our patients showed mainly T4 tumors and, for the most part, carcinomas of the cardia, which, per se, have a worse prognosis than other tumors localized in the stomach [9].…”