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@entity1 @entity66 @entity5 @entity158 @entity356
Thirty-eight cases of @entity356 in @entity1 35-years-old and younger, occurring in the period 1948 to 1983, are reviewed. They comprised 2.2% of 1710 cases in all ages for the same 35 year period at the Charity Hospital. @entity1 were afflicted as commonly as @entity1 . Blacks outnumbered whites 2.9:1.0. Obstruction, @entity158 , and weight loss of relatively short duration were prominent symptoms. @entity5 tended to be located distally in the stomach, and scirrhous in appearance. Histologically, @entity66 were more common than intestinal or other @entity5 . Radiographic evidence of disease was usually present in @entity1 undergoing upper gastrointestinal series. Endoscopy with biopsy was a valuable diagnostic tool. Resectability in this group was not less than that achieved for all ages, however, only one @entity1 has survived for five years. @entity5 predominated and were associated with poor survival. Earlier stage lesions in this age group appear to bear a more favorable prognosis.
