TITLE:
Gastric Cancer in Bahrain: A Retrospective Study of Histologically Confirmed Tumours between 2001 and 2007 from the Two Main Bahraini Referral Hospitals
AUTHORS:
Bedoor Al Omran, Naseem Ansari
KEYWORDS:
Gastric Cancer, Adenocarcinoma, Helicobacter pylori, Intestinal Metaplasia, Lymphoma, Epidemiology, Pathology
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pathology,
Vol.5 No.4,
October
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: Objective: Few data are available
describing the epidemiology and pathology of stomach cancer in Bahrain.
Methods: A retrospective study examining all histologically confirmed cases of
gastric cancer at the two main referral hospitals in Bahrain during the period
2001-2007. Results: 116 cases of gastric cancer were histologically confirmed
in this seven-year period. There were 94 cases (81%) of adenocarcinoma, 10
(8.6%) lymphoma, 7 (6.0%) gastrointestinal stromal tumour, and 5 (4.3%)
neuroendocrine tumour. Of the 94 patients with adenocarcinoma 65 (69.1%) were
male (p