Author/Authors :
Safaee, A Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran , Moghimi-Dehkordi, B Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran , Fatemi, SR Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran , Ghiasi, S Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran , Pourhoseingholi, MA Research Center of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran , Zali, MR Professor of Gastroentrology - Shahid Beheshti University (M.C), Tehran
Abstract :
Aim: To analysis the epidemiological and clinopathological aspects of gastric
cancer.
Methods: We retrospectively studied the characteristics of 752 gastric carcinoma
patients registered in cancer registry center of Taleghani hospital from 2001 to
2006. All the patients confirmed gastric cancer histopathologically. Univariate
methods (Mann-Whitney U-test, and chi-square) were used for analysis.
Results: Among 752 cases, 535 (71.1%) were male. Sex ratio (male: female) was
2.49:1. The mean age of the patients was 59.7 years (SD = 12.9) at the time of the
diagnosis. Weight loss, as a frequent symptom at the time of diagnosis, was
observed in 57.7% of the cases. Most of the patients were diagnosed with
advanced pathologic stage. In addition, tumor grading was poorly differentiated in
most cases (28.7%) ; and in 49.9% of the patients, the tumors were located in the
stomach, NOS ; and distant metastasis was observed in 24.6% of the cases.
Conclusions: Based on the results, earlier detection in younger ages and in primary
stages of tumor, and subsequent higher quality care to cure GC and increase
patients' life expectancy are recommended.
