Curr Health Sci J, vol. 36, no. 2, 2010

An Epidemiological Assessment of Gastric Cancer

[Original paper]

Cotoi B.V.(1) , Georgescu I.(2)


(1) Department of Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova;
(2) Department of Surgery, Emergency University Hospital, Craiova


Abstract:

Gastric cancer is one of the most common sites of visceral malignancies. Meets more frequently in males, which is one third of all neoplasms and ranks first as the frequency, while the female ranks second after uterine cancer. Etiology of gastric cancer is unknown. Usually age occurs between 40 and 60 years. There are also cases seen at a younger age and even children. These forms are characterized by rapidly evolving and extreme malignity. For reasons still unclear, gastric cancer mortality rate decreased over the past 60 years. Epidemiological studies have suggested that the risk for gastric cancer is higher in classes with lower socioeconomic level, more immigrants coming from countries with high incidence of gastric cancer, established in countries with low incidence seem to keep increasing susceptibility to cancer stomach, while their offspring is equal to the incidence of new country. These observations suggest that exposure to some environmental factors likely begin early in life is correlated with the development of gastric cancer. Anatomical seat of predilection is antro-pyloric region (70%), followed by lesser curvature (20%) cardial location, the stomach walls and background are much more rare region (10%).


Keywords:
gastric cancer, mortality, cardial, antro-pyloric.



Corresponding:
Cotoi Bogdan Virgil MD, Department of Nursing, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Str Petru Rares nr. 4, 200456, Craiova, Dolj, RomAnia; e-mail: bogdanc46@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.36.02.05 - Download PDF