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Gastric carcinoma in patients younger than age 36 years
Author(s) -
Holburt Ernest,
Freedman Sheldon I.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19870915)60:6<1395::aid-cncr2820600638>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , gastric carcinoma , population , cancer , carcinoma , gastroenterology , environmental health
The clinical and pathologic features of 18 patients with gastric carcinoma younger than age 36 years were studied. Of these patients, 36.8% were Hispanics of Mexican origin. Eighteen percent of the Mexican population with gastric carcinoma were younger than 36 years as compared to 2.8% of the overall population ( P < 0.05). Fifty percent of the gastric ulcers in the Mexican population were malignant as compared to 6% in the non‐Mexican population ( P < 0.05). In addition, a subset of aggressive carcinomas were found. Patients presenting with symptoms of less than 6 months' duration had a survival of less than 6 months, compared to the less aggressive subset, in which patients had symptoms for greater than 6 months and survived longer than 6 months. Racial, environmental influences, or selection bias may account for the differences in gastric carcinoma in the Mexican and non‐Mexican population. Factors contributing to a more aggressive form of carcinoma are unclear and require further study.