From January 1980 to December 1984, clinical evaluation were made at the Daegu Fatima Hospital on 183 patients with advanced cancer proven by endoscopic biopsy, and the following results were obtained. 1) Of total cases with stomach canccr, 113 were r...
From January 1980 to December 1984, clinical evaluation were made at the Daegu Fatima Hospital on 183 patients with advanced cancer proven by endoscopic biopsy, and the following results were obtained. 1) Of total cases with stomach canccr, 113 were rr.ale and 70 were female. The peak incidence was in 4th-6th decades, amounting 79.2% of the total 2) The ratio of the number of the stomach cancer to the total number of patients admitted to internal medicine during the same period was l.7% As a whole and yearly ratio has remained invariably over the last five years. 3) According to the extent of progress of the 1esion in the stomach, the most frequent type of the advanced stomach cancer was Borrmanns type III (62.3%). 4) The most prevalent site of the stomach cancer were in the antrum(44.8%), and followed by the body, body and angle of the stomach in that order. 5) Among the l45 cases of the stomach cancer, diagnostic accuracy rate by radiology was 80.7%. 6) Inspite of recommendation for surgical intervention, only out of 39 cases (21.3%) were undergone.