title: [Early cancer of the stomach. Review of 29 cases].
abstract: A series of 29 patients with early gastric cancer operated on in our department over a period of 10 years is presented; this figure represents 9.10% of total number of gastric cancers. The most common symptom was epigastric pain, present in 51.72% of cases. Diagnosis was established by endoscopy and biopsy in 96.5% patients. Treatment was subtotal gastrectomy in 28 cases; most lesions (24) were located in the distal third of the stomach. Lesion was intramucosal in 44.8% of cases; in 55.17% there was infiltration of the submucosal layer and only 13.8% of tumors presented lymph node metastases. Macroscopically the most common pattern of the lesions was the ulcerated type. All patients have been followed up at least 4 years; of them died: one of carcinoma of the bladder and three of chronic respiratory failure. There were no recurrences of the gastric lesion and the 5 years actuarial survival was 84.32%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: García Marcilla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parrilla Paricio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez Bueno
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Martínez de Haro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molina Martínez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bermejo López
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Cáncer gástrico precoz. Revisión de 29 casos.