Gastric cancer in Aden

ABSTRACT

This study is designed to determine the most frequent morphological presentation of gastric cancer in relation to sex. During the period of 5 years, from June 2002 to June 2007, 50 patients had gastrectomy performed for gastric cancer, previously diagnosed by endoscopy biopsy. Partial gastrectomy was performed in 86% of the patients with gastric cancer, and total gastrectomy was 14%. The age range was from 40 to 75 years, with the mean age 62. The most frequent age group affected with gastric cancer was 50-69 in females and 70 and above in males. The tumoral mass location was predominant in the antral 56%. Cardial was the second frequent location in both sexes 32%. The least frequent location was the body [4%] of total cases and all patients were male. The Bor 2as the most common mode of growth in both male and female representing 52% followed by Bor [4. 28%] the least frequent is Bor 1 [20%]. In the microscope diagnosis using Lauren histological classification, intestinal adenocarcinoma is the most common type occurring in 76% of all patients. The diffuse, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoimaVas 16.0%; all patients were males. Non Hodgkin's lymphoma is the less frequent type of gastric cancer and represented 8%. of all cases. Early gastric cancer was 8.0% cases and all patients were males. Advance state of gastric cancer with mucularis invasion was more common in female patients, while most of male patients have cancer infiltration up to the serosa at [he time of diagnosis .The most frequent gastric cancer is intestinal adenocarcinoma; males are predominantly affected. The diffuse poorly differentiated adenocarcinoima affected only male patients. The most frequent location of the gastric cancer is distal area in the form of ulcerative mass. The majority of cases are detected in advance state of cancer