title: [Gastric cancer and routine upper digestive endoscopy].
abstract: In this paper we analyzed 5,401 upper G.I. endoscopies performed in a period of 5 years (1985-89), in the Gastroenterology Service at Hospital Jesús Yerena, in Caracas, Venezuela. We found 53 cases of stomach cancer, only 2 of them were early gastric cancer. We studied personal and epidemiological data, symptoms, place of the lesion, treatment, surgical mortality, macroscopic morphology and histopathology. We discuss the results concluding that: cancer of the stomach is a prevalent disease in our Hospital; that fibrogastroscopy is a very good diagnostic procedure; that we must organize a Program of Early Detection for this disease and that we should improve the Oncological Register.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología Dr. Alí Rivas Gómez, Hospital Jesús Yerena, Lídice, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasallo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bracho
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Cáncer gástrico y endoscopia digestiva superior de rutina.