Early gastric cancer: a report of 30 cases |
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Authors: | K R Gardiner A J Wilkinson J M Sloan |
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Institution: | Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK. |
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Abstract: | Thirty patients with early gastric cancer have been reviewed. Endoscopy demonstrated gastric abnormality in 93% of patients examined and biopsy was accurate in 96% of cases. Twenty-nine patients were treated by partial gastrectomy, although three required further procedures. The commonest morphological type was type III (45%). Five patients with early gastric cancer had lymph node spread at the time of presentation. The relative 5-year survival rate was 68%. Four patients eventually died of gastric cancer. Three patients (10%) developed a second primary carcinoma. The significance of this diagnosis is emphasized and selective screening is considered. |
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