Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Itauguá National Hospital. 2019-2020

Abstract

Introduction: Gastric cancer is the fifth most frequent neoplasm in the world and has a high mortality. Initial symptoms are nonspecific. The diagnostic standard is gastroscopy. Objective: To know the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Itauguá National Hospital. Period 2019 - 2020. Material and methods: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study; with
non-probabilistic sampling of consecutive cases, of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer, who attended the General Surgery Service of the Itauguá National Hospital, period 2019 - 2020. 24 clinical records of
patients who met the inclusion criteria were collected. Results: Of 24 patients, 87.5% were men. With a mean age of 61 years ± 10. The most frequent reason for consultation was constitutional syndrome 47%. Helycobacter pylori infection was found in 42%. The pre-surgical TNM stage was stage 4 in 50%, and the most frequent histological type was the intestinal type adenocarcinoma 50% followed by the diffuse type 46%. Conclusion: Gastric cancer predominantly affects males, with a mean age greater than 60 years. Constitutional syndrome is the most frequent
reason for consultation. The most frequent histological type is intestinal adenocarcinoma.