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The authors report their experience on 37 cases of Early Gastric Cancer on 1978-1990 period. They underline the excellent results obtained with subtotal gastrectomy and lynphectomy without deaths neither returns. They stress the diagnostic precision of endoscopic exam now of first choice in the early diagnosis of Early Gastric Cancer.

The authors focus on some aspects of gallbladder primitive cancer and report their experience about 14 cases. They confirm the malignancy of the disease and the severe prognosis due to diagnostic delay. Only the mucosal localization may be radically treated even by simple cholecystectomy.

The authors report their experience for 158 cases of colon rectum cancer, surgically treated on surgical department of USL 1 Marche. Evaluated short term and long term results they conclude that the only possibility to improve presently the survival of this disease resides on early diagnosis depending to secondary prevention programs.

The authors report their experience on 149 surgical operations for thyroid nodules between 1979 and 1991 period. They underline the diagnostic preoperative difficulties related to solitary nodules existent before the fine needle-aspiration. Finally they observe that cytologic diagnosis allow to select malignant and benign lesions and planning surgical treatment.

The authors report their experience on sigma acute perforated diverticulitis. They affirm that best results are obtained with a surgical treatment "case for case" depending to anatomopathologic pattern, patient age and his general conditions.

On pre-operative period can be specify the histologic diagnosis with fine needle-aspiration. The authors present their experience data on 147 cases between 1988 and 1990. They underline that FNA is a simple examen that offer many advantages and then should be executed on all mammary nodules to decide if is needed surgical treatment and eventually which one.