Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of gastric cancer, Western Honduras, 2000–2009
| Endoscopy summary | N/n |
|---|---|
| Endoscopies performed | 5.1 |
| per incident gastric cancer | (3431/670) |
| Borrmann classification (N= 670) | n (%) |
| Type 1 (polypoid) | 6 (0.9%) |
| Type 2 (fungating mass) | 64 (9.6%) |
| Type 3 (ulcerated mass) | 404 (60.3%) |
| Type 4 (diffuse infiltrative) | 48 (7.2%) |
| Type 5 (unclassified, not 1–4) | 101 (15.1%) |
| Unknown | 47 (7.0) |
| Pyloric obstruction (N= 670) | n (%) |
| Total (incomplete or complete) | 236 (35.2%) |
| Incomplete | 125 (18.7%) |
| Complete | 111 (16.6%) |
| None | 434 (64.8%) |
| Pathology, Lauren classification (N= 526) a | n (%) |
| Diffuse | 296 (56.3%) |
| Intestinal | 178 (33.8%) |
| Indeterminant | 52 (9.9%) |
a
The Honduras Ministry of Health does not finance pathology services for the regional hospitals; available pathology has been financed by external sources.