Onate ol, mondragon sr, ruiz rj, cancer gastrico rev. Gastric cancer is the leading cause of death from malignancy in chile. Due to the development of multidetector computed tomography, digestive tract pathology can now be better studied, being specially accurate, in diagnostic and staging of malignancy. Gastric cancer gc is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and is divided histologically in diffuse gastric cancer dgc and intestinal gastric cancer igc. Cancer is now a mayor cause of mortality throughout the world and the cancer gastric is first cause of death for neoplasia in colombia. Conoce las diferentes manifestaciones del cancer gastrico. Despite the decrease in incidence in some regions of the world, gastric cancer continues to present a major clinical challenge due to most cases being diagnosed in advanced stages with poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Worldwide, it is the second neoplasia in incidence after lung cancer. We discussed imaging characteristics of the most common gastric malignancy, adenocarcinoma, emphasizing studying techniques and findings. Gastric cancer ranks fourth in incidence and second in mortality among all cancers worldwide.
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