Clinicopathological study of carcinoma stomach over a period of 5 years

Background: Gastric cancer represents one of the most frequent neoplasias. Although its incidence decreased over the last few decades in industrialized countries, it still represents nowadays a major cause of death through cancer throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to identify clinicopathological parameters in gastric carcinoma. Methods: A total of 115 gastrectomy specimen received in 5 year period at a tertiary care center was analyzed. The clinical data was recorded. After fixing the specimen in 10% formal saline for 24 hours the gross appearance of the specimen was studied. The gross findings were recorded following Borrmann classification. The tissue blocks were routinely processed and stained with HE intestinal type (86.72%). Conclusions: The prevalence of carcinoma stomach in the present study was 4.46%. High prevalence of gastric carcinoma was seen in patients with history of smoking, intake of alcohol and consumption of mixed diet. Carcinoma stomach was more common in A blood group followed by B blood group. Adenocarcinoma of intestinal type was the commonest.