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<journal-id>2307-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía paraguaya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. parag.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2307-0420</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2307-04202022000300007</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/sopaci.2022.diciembre.7</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características clínicas y sociodemográficos de pacientes con diagnóstico de cáncer gástrico en el Hospital Nacional de Itauguá. 2019-2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Itauguá National Hospital. 2019-2020]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aranda-Wildberger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Angel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yanagida-Arakawa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Hiroyuki]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bottini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camila Petry]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Centro Médico Nacional, Hospital Nacional Departamento de Cirugía]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Centro Educativo Superior en Salud Departamento de Extensión e Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ypacaraí ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>7</fpage>
<lpage>11</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Introducción: El cáncer gástrico es la quinta neoplasia más frecuente en el mundo y posee una alta mortalidad.Los síntomas al inicio son inespecíficos. El estándar de diagnóstico es la gastroscopía. Objetivos: Conocer las Características clínicas y sociodemográficas de pacientes con diagnóstico de cáncer gástrico en el Hospital Nacional de Itauguá. Periodo 2019 - 2020. Material y métodos: estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal; con muestreo no probabilístico de casos consecutivos, de Pacientes con diagnóstico de cáncer gástrico, que acudieron al Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Nacional de Itauguá, periodo 2019 - 2020.Se recabaron 24 expedientes clínicos de pacientes que cumplían con los criterios de inclusión. Resultados: De 24 pacientes, 87,5% fueron hombres. Con edad media de 61 años ± 10. El motivo de consulta más frecuente fue el síndrome constitucional 47%. Se encontró infección por Helycobacter pylori en un 42%. El estadio prequirúrgico TNM fue estadio 4 en un 50%, con el tipo histológico más frecuente fue el Adenocarcinoma tipo intestinal 50% seguido del tipo difuso 46%. Conclusión: El cáncer gástrico afecta predominantemente al sexo masculino, con una media de edad superior a 60 años. El síndrome constitucional es el motivo de consulta más frecuente. El tipo Histológico más frecuente es el Adenocarcinoma intestinal.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Introduction: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common neoplasm worldwide and has a high mortality rate. Early symptoms are non-specific. The diagnostic standard tool is gastroscopy. Objectives: To know the clinical and social and demographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Itauguá National Hospital, Asunción, Paraguay from 2019 through 2020. Material and methods: This is an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic sampling of consecutive cases of patients diagnosed with gastric cancerand treated at the General Surgery Unit of Itauguá National Hospital, Asunción, Paraguay from 2019 through 2020. A total of 24 health records from patients who met the inclusion criteria were collected. Results: A total of 87.5% out of 24 patients were men with a mean age of 61 years ± 10. The most common reason for consultation was constitutional syndrome (47%). Helycobacter pylori infection was found in 42% of the cases. The preoperative TNM stage was stage 4 in 50% of the cases whilethe most common histological type was the intestinal-type adenocarcinoma (50%) followed bydiffuse-type adenocarcinoma (46%). Conclusion: Gastric cancer predominantly affects men with a mean age &gt; 60 years. Constitutional syndrome is the most common reason for consultation. The most frequent histological type is intestinal adenocarcinoma]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[helycobacter pylori]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[classification]]></kwd>
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