Article1 September 1927Early Diagnosis of Gastric CarcinomaJAMES M. ANDERS, M.D.JAMES M. ANDERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-3-137 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe seat of a large percentage of carcinomata is the stomach. For example, Reiche's Hamburg statistics show that 50.2 percent, of all cancers are gastric (1). The limits of this paper will not permit of a full discussion of the nature of carcinoma. It may be pointed out that the hypothesis of Dr. Guy and Mr. Barnard (2) that cancer is due to an ultra-microscopic, extrinsic virus, requires further confirmation before it can be accepted, since "it has not yet been possible to produce the disease with artificial culture of it." The researches of these investigators, however, aroused intense interest...Bibliography(1) OSLERMCCRAE : Modern Medicine, Vol. iii, p. 199. Google Scholar(2) THE LANCET, 1925, Vol. ccix, Vol ii, p. 110-117. Google Scholar(3) THE LANCET, 1925. Vol. cc, 109, Vol. ii, p. 1007. Google Scholar(3) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES, Oct., 1925, p. 481. Google Scholar(5) BLOODGOOD : Boston Med. Jour., 1923, clxxxviii, p. 227. Google Scholar(6) MAYO WJ Collected Papers of Mayo Clinic, 1914, vi, p. 674. Google Scholar(7) COMPTES RENDUS DE LA SOCIETE DE BIOLOGIE, Paris, 1924, lxli, p. 1183-1924. Google Scholar(8) CANCER―Vol ii, p. 57-8. Google Scholar(9) ANDERSBOSTON : Medical Diagnosis, p. 511. Google Scholar(10) THE LANCET, 1925. Vl. ccix, Vl. ii, p. 379. Google Scholar(11) JOURNAL AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, June 21, 1924. Google Scholar(12) AMERICAN JOURNAL ROENTGENOL, January, 1925. Google Scholar(13) TUMORI, Rome, 1925, ii: p. 318. Google Scholar(14) THE LANCET, 1925, Vl. ccix, Vl. ii, p. 379. Google Scholar(15) "THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY IN THE CONTROL OF CANCER." Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc. 1926, p. 347-349. Google Scholar(16) PALMER , The "Acid Test" in Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer, Jour. Amer. Med. Ass'n, 1927, lxxxviii, p. 1779. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia., Pa.*Read before the Newcastle Medical Society. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1927Volume 1, Issue 3Page: 137-144KeywordsGastric cancerStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1927 PDF downloadLoading ...