Gastric Cancer Behavior in EPS-s (Health Insurance Company) in The Province of García Rovira (Santander), during the 2007 – 2014 Period

Abstract

Introduction: Gastric cancer is in Colombia and Santander, the leading cause of death from malignant tumors, despite not being the first neoplasia in frequency. Objective: Considering the above, the gastric cancer is a major public health and our environment are not analytical studies to characterize this population, what is proposed is an investigation in which behavior is characterized in people with gastric cancer the province of Garcia Rovira, Santander, in the 2007-2014 period. Methodology: analytical study reviewed medical records of 57 patients from a health promoter subsidized system (EPS-S) diagnosed with gastric cancer confirmed by histopathology. The variables considered were: sex, age, stage, pathology, localization, treatment and survival, univariate analysis was performed taking into account the varying categorized by age ranges (up to 50 years, 51-60 years old, 61-70 years and over 70); qualitative variables described in table of frequencies, percentages and confidence intervals; bivariate analysis was performed looking for the P value of the test of Fisher, the data were analyzed in the Stata statistical package. Results and Conclusions: The results showed that men represent 77.2% of gastric cancer cases studied; 68.4% of patients had more than 60 years. Significant differences in tumor localization by sex were found in women as cancer was located in the antrum while in men was predominantly in the cardia and body of the stomach (p <0.05); For its part, the variables clinical stage and received treatment associated mortality statistics (p <0.05) were found way.[Cuadros-Picón DM, Reyes-Soto Y. Gastric Cancer Behavior in EPS-s (Health Insurance Company) in The Province of García Rovira (Santander), during the 2007 – 2014 Period. MedUNAB 2015; 17(3): 149-154].