astric carcinoma is a malignant disease, which starts in the stomach. Despite declining incidence still remains the second cause of death of all malignancies worldwide. It is a major health problem for two reasons: In Asia, East Europe and developing countries the incidence decreases slowly. In USA and West Europe although incidence decreases sharply, mortality of diagnosed gastric cancer remai...

A matched case-control study was conducted to investigate the risk of gastric cancer in coalminers in the southern part of Limburg, The Netherlands. All 683 male cases of gastric cancer were identified at the five pathology departments in the area, all histologically confirmed by a pathologist. For each case a control patient, free of gastric cancer, was selected from the same pathology departm...

Despite the progressive decrease observed in the past fifty years, gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth of the world rankings incidence of various types of cancer and is the second as a cause of cancer-related death. There is distinct geographical variation in gastric cancer incidence with the highest rates reported from Japan, Korea and Eastern Asia. Other high incidence areas are Eastern Europe ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this retrospective study is to evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast enhanced sonography plus gastric distention sonography, the Double Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound (DCUS) in gastric lesions. METHODS 107 cases with pathology confirmed gastric lesions were retrospectively reviewed, DCUS and oral contrast agent ultrasound (US) were performed in all cases prior to op...

background: in view of high prevalence of gi cancers in lorestan province, western iran, and a large number of esophageal cancer patients in this region, this study was done to determine the frequency of various gi cancers in the area. â  methods: in a cross-sectional study, all patients from lorestan province for whom endoscoppy and colonoscopy were performed and biopsy was provided entered ou...

Problems of obesity and its accompanying metabolic disorders remain relevant throughout the world are due to an increased risk disability early mortality in patients with this pathology. Currently, bariatric surgery is recognized as most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Of exceptional importance not only technical features operation, but also a full preoperative examination. The occurren...

Gastric foregut cyst is a rare congenital disease. In this report, a gastric foregut cyst in a 22-year-old male patient is presented. Fluid-filled gastric ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated a cystic, calcified lesion attached to the anterior gastric wall. The same lesion was observed using upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. An exploratory laparotomy revealed a non-communicating...