Evaluation of the Prevalence of Clinicopathological and Demographic Factors in Gastric Cancer: A Report from Iran
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Abstract: Gastric malignancy is a common disease in the world, typically associated with acquired chronic inflammation in the stomach and is one of the most common cancers in the world. This study aimed to assess the clinicopathological and demographic factors in gastric cancer patients in Kermanshah, Iran.In a cross-sectional study in 2017,the information of forty-two gastric cancer patients referred to the hospital was collected based on medical records of each patient.The mean age at diagnosis was 57.21 years that 83.3% were men. Adenocarcinoma was the most common type of tumor pathology (97.6%) that diffuse subtype was the most common subtype of adenocarcinoma (73.2%). Out of 35 patients, grade 3 had the most percentage (57.1%) and out of 36 patients, 30.5% had neo adjuvant chemotherapy. Out of 38 patients, 5.3%, 36.8%, 21.1%, and 23.7% had anorexia, epigastric pain, dysphagia, and weight loss, respectively.The Smoking and the consumption of antacid drugs could be as significant risk factors in gastric patients that it needs to more researches in the future. Keywords:Gastric cancer, Prevalence, Demographic factors, Clinicopathological factors
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Mazaher Ramezani, Mahya Sahami, Negin Farshchian, Afshin Almasi, Masoud Sadeghi
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