Earlier diagnosis of gastric infiltrating carcinoma (scirrhous cancer).

We approached the early diagnosis of gastric infiltrating carcinoma, scirrhous cancer, by a retrospective study of 19 patients, together with a prospective study of a single patient, by reexamination and follow-up of gastric roentgenographs and endoscopic films. This study suggests that an early feature of this type of gastric cancer might be IIc- or III + IIc-like depression in the body of the stomach, probably in the fundic region of the stomach. A shallow depression or a slight stiffness of the gastric wall may be one of the earliest roentgenographic or endoscopic findings helpful in early detection of this disease.