Gastric adenocarcinoma burden, trends and survival in Cali, Colombia: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) has changed in recent decades. Cancer estimates are often calculated from population-based cancer registries, which lack valuable information to guide decision-making (clinical outcomes). We describe the trends in clinical practice for GA using a hospital-based cancer registry over a timespan of 15 years.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted. Data were gathered from adults diagnosed and treated for GA at Fundación Valle del Lili (FVL), between 2000 and 2014, from the hospital's own cancer registry and crossed with Cali's Cancer Registry. Additional data were obtained directly from clinical records, pathology reports and the clinical laboratory. Patients younger than 18 years and those for whom limited information was avail

SUBMITTER: Parra-Lara LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028196 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature