Prevalence and types of gastric adenocarcinoma diagnosed at the Erasmo Meoz University Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: This article compiles the data obtained in research conducted at the Erasmo Meoz University Hospital in the period from 2014 to 2019, whose objective was to describe the prevalence and the most frequent histological types of gastric carcinoma. Methodology: A total of 240 medical records of patients with a confirmed histopathological diagnosis of gastric cancer were reviewed, analyzed with the Lauren classification according to sociodemographic and clinic variables of interest. Results: The male gender was the most frequent with 68.3% of the population with an average age of 62+-23.32 years, with an age group of 41.25% between 60.5 and 75.5 years of Colombian nationality, origin of Cúcuta and residents mainly in communes 6, 7, 8, with a predominance of stratum two, the persistent symptom was lower abdominal pain (epigastralgia), weight loss and abdominal pain; on physical examination, pain on palpation was the main finding. According to Lauren's classification, the most common gastric adenocarcinoma was the intestinal type with 65.83%, while the diffuse type was only present in 30% of the cases. Discussion: The most common type of cancer diagnosed in the HUEM between the period 2014-2019-1 was intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma, being the one that developed the most metastasis. being diagnosed in its vast majority in late stages III and IV, constituting a public health problem, due to the high prevalence of this disease in this region and in turn demonstrates the need for screening tools for early detection, especially in risk patients.