title: Gastric carcinoma--a study of 100 cases in northern Pakistan.
abstract: We describe 100 consecutive patients with histologically proven gastric carcinoma who were admitted to various hospitals in Northern Pakistan. Twenty-six per cent of patients were under 40 years of age. In a majority of patients the tumour was of a morphological type associated with poor prognosis. In most cases the disease was already at an advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, and most patients died within one year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manssor
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology