A clinicopathological study of asymptomatic gastric cancer

The clinicopathological profiles of 419 patients with asymptomatic gastric cancer (AGC) first detected by gastric screening, were reviewed and compared with those of the 1727 patients with symptomatic gastric cancer (SGC). The incidence of AGC increased gradually and has amounted to 30% of the total...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:British journal of cancer 1996-11, Vol.74 (10), p.1647-1650
Main Authors: MATSUKUMA, A, FURUSAWA, M, TOMODA, H, SEO, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
Stomach Neoplasms - prevention & control
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Tumors
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The clinicopathological profiles of 419 patients with asymptomatic gastric cancer (AGC) first detected by gastric screening, were reviewed and compared with those of the 1727 patients with symptomatic gastric cancer (SGC). The incidence of AGC increased gradually and has amounted to 30% of the total resected cases in recent years. About 75% of AGC cases were of early cancer and 84% were negative for lymph node metastases. In contrast, only 33% of SGC cases were of early cancer and 57% were node positive. Curative resection was done in 97% of AGC and 75% of SGC. The cumulative 5 and 10 year survival rates of patients with curatively resected AGC were 85.2% and 72.2%, respectively, while those for patients with SGC were 66.8% and 55.4%. These data demonstrated that most patients with asymptomatic gastric cancers could expect a curative resection, i.e. have a better clinical outcome, than those with symptomatic cancer.
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.1996.603