[Gastric cancer in a general hospital. Santa Rosa Hospital. Experience].

Purpose: Determine the frequency of gastric cancer and its clinical and pathological characteristics, clinical stages, surgical treatment, morbimortality and survival in a general hospital.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective, descriptive study on 71 consecutive patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the Santa Rosa Hospital from January 1, 2005 to January 31, 2008.

Results: During the study period, 71 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma were confirmed by histopathology.