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Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú

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PILCO, Paul et al. Gastric cancer in a general hospital: Santa Rosa Hospital experience. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2009, vol.29, n.1, pp.66-74. ISSN 1022-5129.

Purpose: Determine the frequency of gastric cancer and its clinical and pathological characteristics, clinical stages, surgical treatment, morbimortality and survival in a general hospital. Materials and methods: Retrospective, descriptive study on 71 consecutive patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Santa Rosa Hospital from January 1, 2005 to January 31, 2008. Results: During the study period, 71 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma were confirmed by histopathology. This disease is more frequent in men, with a 1.54 to 1 ratio, as compared to women. The most frequent age of appearance is between the fifth and seventh decades of life. Distal tumors (81.7%) are four times more common than proximal tumors (18,3%). The most common histological type was carcinoma in signet-ring cells (40.8%). The most frequent degree of differentiation was Undifferentiated (42.3%). A 62% (n=44) of patients entered the operating room. The resectability rate was 68% (n=30). The advanced stage was the most common form of presentation in patients (97.2%), while the early stage was rare (2.8%). The most frequent surgeries were the distal subtotal gastrectomy (73.3%) and the total gastrectomy (26.7%). The D2 (73.3%) dissection was performed. The mortality rate was 6.7% and the morbidity rate was 26.7%. Survival was better in patients who underwent resection than in patients who only underwent biopsy or were unresectable, evidencing statistical significance. Conclusión: Gastric cancer is diagnosed in a late stage and surgical treatment plays a pivotal role and, even in advanced cases, morbidity/mortality is acceptable for the initial experience at a third-level general hospital. It is necessary to carry out screening program to detect the disease in earlier stages.

Keywords : Gastric cancer; frequency; clinical stages; surgical treatment; morbidity; mortality; survival.

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