Capabilities of computer tomography in gastric cancer diagnostics
Early diagnostics of gastric cancer (GC) remains a vital problem of today. This study was done to define the relevance and potential of computer tomography (CT) in diagnostics of GC. The study group consisted of 59 patients at the mean age of 59.8 with primary diagnosed GC. They underwent CT before surgery to determine the prevalence of the process. The CT results were analyzed by the process localization, tumor growth form, visualization of regional lymph nodes, CT-semiology of GC, invasion of the adjacent organs, and the presence of distant métastasés. The CT showed the prevalence of endophytic GC growth form (46 cases, 78%) overthe mixed (11,19%) and exophytic forms (2,3%). In most cases, GC was observed in the stomach body (49%). The augmentation of regional lymph nodes was revealed in 47.4% of GC cases.The adjacent organs were invaded in 5 (8.5%) cases, with liver métastasés in 2 (3.4%) cases. In 11.9% of cases, CT allowed to review the stage of the process and treatment strategy. CT is the method of choice for the staging of gastric cancer.