title: [Evaluation of the roentgenological and endoscopic diagnosis in malignities of the proximal digestive tract].
abstract: During 1968-1988 one endoscopist performed 3154 endoscopic examinations of the upper gastrointestinal tract and detected 400 (13%) malignancies. Endoscopy was indicated in persisting dyspepsia or abnormal findings on X-ray examination of the stomach. In 242 patients earlier subjected to partial gastrectomy 7% stomach cancers were found. No difference existed in the incidence of stomach cancer between patients with either BI and BII gastrectomy. Initially no malignancy was detected in 9 (2.3%) patients. The maximum diagnostic delay was 5 months in these patients. This finding underlines the necessity of a strict follow-up scheme when studying malignancies.
authors: Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Nijmegen.
authors: C J
authors: CJ
authors: Gerrits
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Enneking
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: de Koning
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evaluatie van de röntgenologische en de endoscopische diagnostiek bij maligniteiten van de proximale tractus digestivus.