Cancer of the stomach; a clinical study of 921 operatively and pathologically demonstrated cases . ^The average redblood cell count of 129 cases of gastric cancer examined byCabot is given as 4,018,000 cells. In more than 75 percent, of these cases the diagnosis was confirmed by operationor by autopsy. The cases remaining were clinically cancerof the stomach. The average red count from 59 cases studied by Osierand McCrae was 3,712,186. Their cases were clinically,or at post-mortem, cancerous. In our series, there were 267 instances of the disease whereaccurate red cell counts were made. Table
Cancer of the stomach; a clinical study of 921 operatively and pathologically demonstrated cases . ^The average redblood cell count of 129 cases of gastric cancer examined byCabot is given as 4,018,000 cells. In more than 75 percent, of these cases the diagnosis was confirmed by operationor by autopsy. The cases remaining were clinically cancerof the stomach. The average red count from 59 cases studied by Osierand McCrae was 3,712,186. Their cases were clinically,or at post-mortem, cancerous. In our series, there were 267 instances of the disease whereaccurate red cell counts were made. Table 26 shows thesummary of these investigations. It will be noted that the average erythrocyte count was4,380,000. This is a figure rather higher than the averagegiven by other investigators. It is to be explained partlyon the basis that many of our cases were diagnosed veryearly (often at laparotomy and then, microscopically) orthe large number of patients returns a fairer average thandoes a relatively small list. The minimum erythrocyte 322 CANCER OF THE STOMACH Table 26 Red cell count Per Below 1,000,000 From 1,000,000 to 2,000, 2,000,000 to 3,000, 3,000,000 to 4,000, 4,000,000 to 5,000, 5,000,000 to 6,000, 6,000,000 to 7,000,000. Average 4,380,000 for. Showing Variations in Erythrocyte Count in 267 Cases of Gastric Cancer(Author). count was 860,000 cells. This was returned in a case ofinoperable tumor with ascites and extensive general metas-tases. The maximum red cell count was 6,328,000 was from a patient with inoperable cancer of the lessercurvature and the body of the stomach. There weremetastases to the rectal shelf and the peritoneum. It is thusseen that while low erythrocyte counts may be returnedin instances where there are hopeless gastric neoplasms,high counts may likewise be obtained late in the progressof the disease. In more than 91 per cent, of our cases the red cell countlay between 3,000,000 and 7,000,000
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