Clinical features and recent treatment trend of gastric cancer.
- Author:
Ji Hyun SEO
1
;
Nayoung KIM
;
Dong Ho LEE
;
Jin Wook KIM
;
Jin Hyeok HWANG
;
Young Soo PARK
;
Sun Mi KIM
;
Hyng Ho KIM
;
Ran Young PARK
;
Kyoung Soo LEE
;
Hyun Chae JUNG
;
In Sung SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. nayoungkim49@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Early gastric cancer;
Laparoscopic gastrectomy;
Endoscopic gastric mucosal resection
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Korea;
Mass Screening;
Pathology;
Recurrence;
Seoul;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2006;71(2):149-157
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the most common malignancy in Korea. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the chronological changes of clinical feature and usefulness of recent treatment modalities such as laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy and endoscopic gastric mucosal resection (EMR). METHODS: We analyzed the clinical characteristics of the gastric cancer patients who were diagnosed as gastric cancer by pathology from May 2003 to May 2004 in Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. In addition, we classified the curable treatment modalities depending on whether it was early gastric cancer or advanced gastric cancer. RESULTS: The total number of patients was 231, and the proportion of early gastric cancer was 97 patients (42.0%). Forty three patients (18.6%) were diagnosed through health screening test. Curative treatment was performed in 169 patients (73.2%): that is, radical subtotal gastrectomy in 158 (68.4%), and EMR in 11 (4.8%). Among 158 patients who underwent curative radical surgery, 67 patients (42.4%) had been operated on laparoscopic gastrectomy (laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy or laparoscopic wedge resection). There was no cancer recurrence in the early gastric cancer after curative treatment regardless of treatment modality during mean follow-up period of 15.9 months. CONCLUSIONS: These results seem to support the usefulness of health screening test for early detection of gastric cancer. Laparoscopic gastrectomy could be the primary choice for the early gastric cancer.
