Epidemio-hygieological aspects of gastric neoplasms in aged patients.
A 100-year-old male who died of gastric carcinoma was discussed and illustrated epidemiohygieologically. According to dynamic population statistics of the Health and Welfare Ministry of Japan, 418 persons over the age of 100 years died in 1979. Among them, 157 (38%) died of cardiovascular diseases and 49 (12%) died of pulmonary diseases, but only six died of neoplasms including two with gastric carcinomas (0.48%). To our knowledge no such case has been reported previously in the literature.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000368:Aged; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology