title: [Clinical course characteristics of gastric cancer 1958-1990].
abstract: The clinical, surgical and histopathologic characteristics of patients with gastric cancer were compared among 3 consecutive periods from 1958 to 1990. A significant increase in the frequency of location at the upper third of the stomach, a greater proportion of resectable lesions, an increasing tendency towards extended total gastrectomy and a significant increase in the frequency of undifferentiated or diffuse carcinoma were observed. A change in pathogenetic factors along the years may be involved in the differences described.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía e Instituto de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csendes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smok
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quitral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Características evolutivas del cáncer gástrico 1958-1990.