title: Early gastric cancer: a report of 30 cases.
abstract: Thirty patients with early gastric cancer have been reviewed. Endoscopy demonstrated gastric abnormality in 93% of patients examined and biopsy was accurate in 96% of cases. Twenty-nine patients were treated by partial gastrectomy, although three required further procedures. The commonest morphological type was type III (45%). Five patients with early gastric cancer had lymph node spread at the time of presentation. The relative 5-year survival rate was 68%. Four patients eventually died of gastric cancer. Three patients (10%) developed a second primary carcinoma. The significance of this diagnosis is emphasized and selective screening is considered.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate