Incidence and clinical features of endoscopic ulcers developing after gastrectomy

Table 4 Case profile of gastric stump cancer

Case number	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sex	M	M	M	M	M	M
Age (yr)	73	73	58	61	61	44
Tobacco use	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Alcohol consumption	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Anastomosis	B-II	B-I	B-I	B-I	B-II	B-II
Latency period (mo)	360	480	360	152	432	228
Reason for operation	Pyloric obstruction	GU perforation	GU bleeding	Pyloric obstruction	GU perforation	DU perforation
Chief complaint	Melena	Soreness	Pain	Routine	Pain	Pain
Tumor location	Anastomosis	Anastomosis	Stump	Stump	Stump	Stump
Tumor type	Adenoca	Adenoca	Adenoca	Adenoca	Adenoca	Adenoca
Differentiation	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor
H. pylori infection	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive	Positive	Negative
TNM stage
T	T4a	T3	T3	T2b	pT3	T3
N	N2	N0	N0	N1	N1	N0
M	M1 (Liver)	M0	M0	M0	M0	M0
Treatment	None	Total gastrectomy	Total gastrectomy	Total gastrectomy	Total gastrectomy	Total gastrectomy
Survival (mo)	No (3)	No (10)	No (10)1	Yes (36)	No (8)	No (18)
DFS (mo)	No (0)	Yes (9)	Yes (10)	Yes (36)	No (0)	Yes (15)

¹Expired due to leukopenia and pneumonia. GU: Gastric ulcer; DU: Duodenal ulcer; Adenoca: Adenocarcinoma; DFS: Disease-free survival; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; B: Billroth.