Korean J Gastrointest Endosc > Volume 3(1); 1983 > Article

Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1983;3(1): 46-51.

부산 경남지역 위암환자 226예에 관한 임상적 및 내시경적 고찰 ( Clinical Studies on 226 Cases of Stomach Cancer )

이홍식, 김경수, 김은균, 박영근, 정정명, 최하진 (Hong Sik Lee, Kyung Soo Kim, Eun Keun Kim, Yeung Gun Park, Jung Myung Jung and Ha Jin Choe)

Abstract

Among 7,500 patients whom we have performed gastrofiberoscopy from July 1979 to June 1,982, 226 cases of stomach cancer were diagnosed. The frequency was 3. 0%. The ratio of male to female was 2: 1, the peak incidence, 69 cases(30.5%) was in 5th decade. 1) The frequency of stomach cancer among the age were 0. 5% in 1st decade, 0.4% in 2nd decade, 1.2% in 3rd decade, 2.5% in 4th decade, 5.9% in 5th decade, 12.6% in 6th decade 16.8% in 7th decade. (continue...)