title: Early diagnosis of cancer by gastricbiopsy.
abstract: On the basis of 350 gastric biopsies the difficulties of early diagnosis of cancer are discussed. The technical and morphological stumbling blocks of evaluation are reviewed. The differences between the gross and microscopic diagnoses, the more important causes of histologic error are dealt with.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis; D000708:Anaplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors