Worldwide, it is the second neoplasia in incidence after lung cancer. Gastric cancer gc is the most common tumor in gastrointestinal tumors worldwide. Cancer of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction. Actualizacion tratamiento quirurgico del cancer gastrico. Prospective evaluation of diagnosis acprospective evaluation of diagnosis accuracy of gastrofibrocopy biopsy in diagnosis of gastric cancer. Gastric cancer national cancer database american cancer society 1994.
Diagnostico, deteccion y estadificacion del cancer gastrico. Gastric cancer treatment pdq health professional version. Epidemiology of helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer. Gastric cancer is one of the main causes of mortality due to cancer in the world, and despite the fact that its incidence has been in declining over the years, it still remains as the most frequent cancer in developing countries. Of 122 patients hospitalized for early gastric cancer in 19741989, 15 were histologically found to have regional lymph node metastases. Gc is one of the leading causes of cancer death in costa rica. Gastric cancer is the leading cause of death from malignancy in chile. Tumor invasion was limited to the mucosa in 3 cases and to. Relevant articles about the therapeutic approach of treatment of the gastric cancer from the past 5 years were selected. The most frequent type of cancer is called adenocarcinoma 90 %, with a predominantly distal intestinal. Niederhuber je, armitage jo, doroshow jh, kastan mb, tepper je, eds. It has been described that survival for gastric carcinoma at 5 years round globally 515%, and most patients are diagnosed with an advanced disease, this because of its silent early manifestations. The symptoms of gastric cancer are not specific and can mimic other nonneoplastic gastroduodenal diseases. Tambien pueden quedar comprometidos ganglios cercanos o lejanos al tumor primario.