Clinicopathologic characteristics of gastric cancer in a young patient population

• Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 240 - 244
• Main Authors: Ramos-De la Medina, Antonio, Salgado-Nesme, Noel, Torres-Villalobos, Gonzalo, Medina-Franco, Heriberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2004; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - genetics; Adenocarcinoma - mortality; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adult; Cadherins - genetics; Cancer; E-cadherin; Family medical history; Female; Hereditary gastric cancer; Humans; Infections; Male; Mexico - epidemiology; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary - diagnosis; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary - mortality; Retrospective Studies; Stomach - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - genetics; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Survival Rate; young patients; Mexico; Hereditary gastric cancer; E-cadherin; young patients

The aim of this study was to analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics of young patients with gastric cancer with special attention to hereditary gastric cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital. Charts from all patients 40 years of age or younger at the time of diagnosis, during the pe...