CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC CANCER IN EMERGENCY MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL MOINESTI

Cancer is now a major public health problem by the size of the human, medical, economical and social implications as well as in industrialized and also in developing countries. Gastric cancer is a neoplasia with a starting point in gastric mucosa, representing one of the most common malignant visceral locations, being on the second most common after lung neoplasm. The aim is to highlight the incidence of gastric cancer in Emergency Municipal Hospital in Moinesti in relation with certain factors (age, sex, area of origin, personal habits, personal and family pathological history) for a period of eleven years. Material and methods: The study has been conducted on a period of eleven years (2000-2010) and it included 77 patients with gastric cancer. The following parameters were evaluated: age, sex, area of origin, personal habits, personal and family pathological history. Results: Distribution by years of study revealed that most of the cases were in 2009 (19 patients). The incidence of gastric cancer was over two times higher at men than at women, the ratio men/women being 2,34 to 1. The most common cases (n=40) were reported in people over 61 years (the mean age was 60,32 +/- 11,87) and from rural areas (ratio rural/urban areas=1,5: 1). Only 15 patients (19,5%) had in the personal antecedents stomach or duodenal ulcer and half of the cases were smokers (49,35%). Conclusion: The profile of patient with gastric cancer was contoured: male, over 60 years, from rural areas, smoker and with a personal history of stomach or duodenal ulcer.