Journal of Gastric Cancer
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.105-114
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- 2002
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- 2093-582X(pISSN)
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- 2093-5641(eISSN)
Nationwide Gastric Cancer Report in Korea
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Abstract
In this study, the Korean Gastric Cancer Association collected 12,152 gastric cancer patients (5,380 in 1995, 6,772 in 1999) from 29 hospitals. Twelve clinicopathological factorssex, age, operation date, tumor location, size, operation method, gross type of early gastric cancer, Borrmann type, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, stage-were summarized in a database file and analyzed. Chronological change has been evaluated between the patients in 1995 and those in 1999. Proportion of early gastric cancer has been increased from