151. [Early cancer of the stomach. Review of 29 cases].
- Author
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García Marcilla JA, Parrilla Paricio P, Sánchez Bueno F, Martínez de Haro LF, Molina Martínez J, and Bermejo López J
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stomach Neoplasms mortality, Stomach Neoplasms pathology, Survival Rate, Stomach Neoplasms surgery
- Abstract
A series of 29 patients with early gastric cancer operated on in our department over a period of 10 years is presented; this figure represents 9.10% of total number of gastric cancers. The most common symptom was epigastric pain, present in 51.72% of cases. Diagnosis was established by endoscopy and biopsy in 96.5% patients. Treatment was subtotal gastrectomy in 28 cases; most lesions (24) were located in the distal third of the stomach. Lesion was intramucosal in 44.8% of cases; in 55.17% there was infiltration of the submucosal layer and only 13.8% of tumors presented lymph node metastases. Macroscopically the most common pattern of the lesions was the ulcerated type. All patients have been followed up at least 4 years; of them died: one of carcinoma of the bladder and three of chronic respiratory failure. There were no recurrences of the gastric lesion and the 5 years actuarial survival was 84.32%.
- Published
- 1990