Stomach cancer in young people – a diagnostic and therapeutic problem

Konrad P. Zaręba; Justyna Zińczuk; Tomasz Dawidziuk; Anna Pryczynicz; Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz; Bogusław Kędra

doi:10.5114/pg.2019.90254

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Stomach cancer in young people – a diagnostic and therapeutic problem

Konrad P. Zaręba

¹

,

Justyna Zińczuk

²

,

Tomasz Dawidziuk

³

,

Anna Pryczynicz

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,

Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz

⁴

,

Bogusław Kędra

¹

2nd Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

Gastroenterology Rev 2019; 14 (4): 283–285

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2019.90254

Online publish date: 2019/12/20

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Introduction
According to statistics, gastric cancer remains one of the most common causes of death due to neoplastic disease in the world’s population. It is a common conception that this type of cancer mostly affects people in their fifth or sixth decade of life. So, when it comes to young people, for example in their twenties or early thirties, who present to a doctor with symptoms suggesting a cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, these are quite often ignored because of their young age.

Aim
In this study we at The Second Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery of the Medical University of Białystok, Poland decided to enlighten the problem of stomach cancer in people under 40 years old as a cause of death and complications most likely because of an incorrect diagnosis at the beginning of therapy.

Material and methods
Major analysis involved 350 cases of gastrointestinal tumours treated surgically, of which 14 cases (7 men and 7 women) were patients aged 18–39 years diagnosed with different stages of gastric cancer.

Results
Statistical analysis has shown that gastric cancer in women occurred much earlier than in men, and the average survival time was 16 months after the surgery.

Conclusions
Because of the false suggestion that gastric cancer affects mostly older people, there is a risk of ignoring the symptoms in young people and finding advanced neoplastic lesions at the time of diagnosis, which has a negative effect on long-term treatment results.

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Stomach cancer in young people – a diagnostic and therapeutic problem

Konrad P. Zaręba 1 , Justyna Zińczuk 2 , Tomasz Dawidziuk 3 , Anna Pryczynicz 4 , Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz 4 , Bogusław Kędra 1

stomach, gastric cancer, death, young, gastrectomy

Konrad P. Zaręba

¹

,

Justyna Zińczuk

²

,

Tomasz Dawidziuk

³

,

Anna Pryczynicz

⁴

,

Katarzyna Guzińska-Ustymowicz

⁴

,

Bogusław Kędra

¹