Background:
@EN Stomach cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignant tumor in Korea Early detection by mass screening is very important to increase survival rate of stomach cancer, because the prognosis of early gastric cancer is excellent, and specific
symptoms
and physical findings are rare with early gastric cancer.
@ES Method:
@EN 1865 car manufacturing company employees were examinined by gastrofiberscopy at a dispensary of the company from May 6, 1992 to July 13, 1992.
@ES Results:
@EN 1. Number of cases with normal finding was 1262(67.7%), gastritis 422(22.6%), gastric ulcer 47(2.5%), gastric cancer 4(0.2%), duodenitis 39(2.1%), duodenal ulcer 63(3.4%), combined ulcer (gastric & duodenal) 2(0.1%), post operative state
6(0.3%),
and others 4(0.3%) in total 1865 examinees.
2. Of 422 cases with gastritis, cases with superficial gastritis were 171(9.2%), a trophic gastritis 138(7.4%), erosive gastritis 94(5.0%), and hemorrhagic gastritis 19(1.0%).
3. Of 4 cases with stomach cancer, 1 case was advanced stomach cancer and 3 cases were early gastric cancer(two cases of IIc and one case of Iic+III) by macroscopic classification,
@ES Conclusion:
@EN Mass screening provides an excellent opportunity to detect gastric cancer in populations without symptoms or with nonspecific symptoms. It should be recommended to under go screening exam for high risk group of stomach cancer.
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