Clinical 
Characteristics of Stomach Cancer
Diagnosed in Health Screening Center

Keimyung Medical Journal 2003;22(1):81-87.

Clinical Characteristics of Stomach Cancer Diagnosed in Health Screening Center

건강검진센터에서 발견된 위암의 임상적 특징

도영록; 조주연; 허지안; 송홍석; 안성훈

Abstract

Stomach cancer is the most common malignancy in Korea. Nowadays; the detection rate of early gastric cancer is increasing; whereas the mortality rate is decreasing. We conducted this study to evaluate whether there are any different characteristics in stoamch cancers diagnosed in Health Screening Center. We surveyed retrogradely 1;717 stomach cancer patients who were pathologically confirmed from Jan. 1997 to Aug. 2001. Sixty six patients were diagnosed in Health Screening Center; and the other 1;651 patients diagnosed at other clinical departments. In this study; several factors such as age; gender; histologic type; tumor size; stage and survival rate were evaluated to determine the characteristics. In analysis of these factors; no remarkable characteristic differences between the two groups was found.

Key Words: Health Screening Center, Stomach cancer