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  • Title: [Benefit of screening for gastric cancer--a comparison of symptomatic and screened patients who underwent gastrectomy].
    Author: Kobayashi O, Sugiyama Y, Konishi K, Kanari M, Cho H, Tsuburaya A, Sairenji M, Motohashi H, Yoshikawa T.
    Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho; 2002 Oct; 29(10):1753-8. PubMed ID: 12402425.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: We compared the clinicopathological factors and treatment results with regard to symptoms and screening in patients who underwent gastrectomy for primary gastric cancer. PATIENTS: The subjects included 797 patients with asymptomatic gastric cancer (SCG) and 1090 patients with symptomatic cancer (SYG) who had undergone gastrectomy for gastric cancer from 1989 to 2000. RESULTS: The proportion of early gastric cancer, N0 cases, and curative cases in the SCG and SYG patients were 70% & 33%, 77% & 44%, and 98% & 80%, respectively (p = 0.000, for each). Five-year survival rates of the SCG and SYG patients were 87% and 63% (p = 0.000). CONCLUSION: Screening for gastric cancer in order to detect asymptomatic disease may contribute to patient survival.
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