Use of laparoscopy to detect metastases in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer

Abstract

We analyzed the case histories of 290 patients with gastric (259) and colorectal (31) cancer. Among them there were 150 women and 140 men. The majority of patients (88.4%) were between the ages of 40 and 69 years. All patients underwent radiological and endoscopic examination. Total gastric carcinoma was found in 35.9% of patients, in the distal part in 40.3%, in the proximal part in 20.9%, and in the body of the stomach in 2.9%. Transverse colon cancer was diagnosed in 71.0% of patients, and rectal cancer in 29.0%.