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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-124237
ABSTRACT
A total of 237 patients with confirmed malignancies of the upper-gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) were studied. Of these, 143 (60.34%) were gastric cancers, 66 (27.85) were oesophageal malignancies and 28 (11.81%) were in the small intestine. Epigastric pain accompanied by vomiting after meals was the commonest first symptom in patients of gastric cancer whereas dysphagia formed the commonest first symptom in oesophageal cancer. However, no definite first symptom could be attributed to those with small intestinal tumors. As many as 134 patients (56.54%) had advanced malignancies at presentation itself. The usefullness of first symptoms in early diagnosis and prognosis is discussed.
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Esophageal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Female , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nigeria , Prognosis
2.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-125206
Subject(s)
Female , Gastrointestinal Diseases/epidemiology , Humans , Male , Nigeria , Pancreatic Diseases/epidemiology
3.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-125037
Subject(s)
Adult , Africa , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular , Female , Humans , Liver Neoplasms , Male , Middle Aged
4.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-124696
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Biliary Tract Diseases/etiology , Child , Chronic Disease , Female , Humans , Liver Diseases/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Nigeria
5.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-124298