Objective To explore the endoscopic and clinicopathological features of progressive gastric carcinoma.Methods The datas of 172 cases of progressive gastric carcinoma confirmed by endoscpoy and pathology were collected from January 2002 to February 2006 in our hospital.The data of clinic,endoscope and pathology were retrospectively analyzed.Results The principal symptomof progressive gastric carcinoma was epigastric pain,weight loss,anorexia and anemia.Most of them were in gastric antrum,secondly in cardiac and gastric fundus.Type Ⅲ were the main styles by Borrmann's tandards,type Ⅱ was secondly.The most pathological type was adenocarcinoma,secondly was poorly differentiated.Conclusion Most of progressive gastr ic carcinoma has epigastric pain,and more epigastric pain appears in gastric antrum.The main styles by Borrmann's tandards is type Ⅲ,the most pathological type is adenocarcinoma.