Gastric Cancer in younger patients of less than age 30

ABSTRACT: Twenty-five gastric cancer of less than 30 years of age were cli-nically evaluated in comparison with those of manhood. 1) Gastric cancers in younger patients were predominant in female, four times as frequent as in male and the most favorable location in the younger was the car-dia of the stomach. 2) In terms of histologic findings, undifferentiated carcinoma of Borrmann IV type was common in younger patients. 3) Peritoneal dissemination and serosal invasion as an extension type of carcinoma were most common in younger patients although hepatic metastasis was very few. 4) Surgical outcome of curative operation was very favorable although that of non-curative one was very pessimistic