Fibergastroscopic study of early and advanced gastric cancer in a series of 8,000 consecutive patients.
Eight cases of early gastric cancer (EGC) (histological diagnosis on the resected specimens) were detected Type III (excavated; seven out of eight cases). In three endoscopies. They constituted 3.3% of the gastric cancers observed (239 cases). The most frequent type of EGC was Type III (excavated: seven out of eight cases). In three patients the diagnosis was made only at a second examination, since the first had been negative for malignancy; at the follow-up examination in these cases, the lesion seemed to have healed. The operation was therefore carried out only on the basis of the histological interpretation of endoscopic biopsies.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery