[Clinical x-ray and fibergastroscopic comparisons in the diagnosis of different forms of stomach cancer growth].

A radiological examination associated with fibergastroscopy was performed in 145 gastric cancer patients. All these patients were radically operated upon--extremely subtotal resection of the stomach was accomplished. The preoperative diagnosis of gastric cancer with both technics used simultaneously proved to be correct in 96.55%. However, the anatomical and ulcerous-infiltrative growth, especially in their cardiac and subcardiac localization are found to present the greatest diagnostic difficulties. The data obtained made it possible to believe that the detailed diagnosis of gastric cancer should comprise two steps--a radiological examination and fibergastroscopy.