[Value of gastroscopy in postoperative patients with gastric cancer].
From September 1980 to May 1987, fiberoptic gastroscopy was performed in 3538 patients. Of them, 356 (10%) had received operation for gastric cancer. A second primary cancer was found in 31 cases, recurrent gastric cancer in 18 and adenoma in 87. Among the 138 asymptomatic operated patients, a second primary cancer developed in 8, and 6 of them were in the early stage. In the 218 symptomatic operated patients, a second primary cancer developed in 23, and 10 of them were in the early stage. The results suggest that gastroscopic examinations at regular intervals are mandatory for asymptomatic postoperative patients.
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81 Hospital, PLA, Nanjing.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis; D002299:Cardia; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery