Early XXXX in Singapore.

@entity1 @entity308 @entity417 @entity548 @entity5 @entity2617 @entity1066 @entity4056 @entity189 @entity2210 @entity3 @entity356
A study was carried out on 41 cases of early @entity356 over a five year period (1983-1987) based on resected stomach specimens. Males (29) outnumbered females (12) by 2.4:1. Mean age was 63 years (Range 30-80 years), and there was an overwhelming Chinese preponderance (40, 97.6%). The indications for endoscopy were: @entity2210 (24, 58.5%), gastro-intestinal @entity548 (14, 34.1%) and follow up of megaloblastic @entity417 (3, 7.4%). The diagnosis of @entity5 was unsuspected at endoscopy in 38 @entity1 and the commonest finding was a chronic @entity1066 (35, 85.4%). Most of the lesions were located in the body (24, 58.5%) and along the lesser curvature (36, 87.8%). @entity308 (Type III and combined IIc + III) were the commonest macroscopic lesions. @entity4056 was the commonest microscopic type (34, 82.9%). @entity2617 was present in 19 (47.3%) and lymph node @entity3 in 4 (9.8%). There was only one death from @entity189 (mortality 2.4%).
