title: Cancer of the gastric stump. Diagnostic considerations.
abstract: A presentation is made of the experience accumulated from over 1200 superior digestive endoscopies of which 150 were made for disturbances of operated stomach. After some considerations on the different methods of diagnosis in gastric stump neoplasm the diagnostic criteria are discussed critically in terms of endoscopic results.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery