Does duodenal ulcer lead to an early diagnosis of gastric cancer?
In four of five patients with gastric cancer who also had a chronic duodenal ulcer, the histologic type was "early gastric cancer," which offers a better prognosis than the more common type. Patients with duodenal ulcer who develop gastric cancer may have a better prognosis than patients with gastric cancer without duodenal ulcer because their duodenal ulcer places them under more frequent surveillance, including clinical and endoscopic follow-up.
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology