Abstract 

Gastric cancer (GC) remains an important cancer worldwide and it is estimated that there will
be over 1 089 103 new cases (representing 5.6% of all cancer cases diagnosed) and 768793 deaths
( 8.2% of all deaths from cancer ) in 2020, making it the fifth most frequently diagnosed cancer
and the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. On average, incidence rates for gastric
cancer are 2 to 3 time higher for men than women. Objective: In this study we aimed to
evaluate the knowledge on clinical and pathologic features of Gastric carcinoma among Libyan
patients. Methods: This is a descriptive retrospective study, all the gastric carcinoma cases
diagnosed at the Medical and Surgical Department, `National cancer institute of Sabratha,
Libya between January 2010 and December 2017 were included in this study. Total of 105
patients aged between 28-85 years old were included in this study. The demographic and
clinical data of the gastric carcinoma analyzed for patients’ age, gender, blood group, clinical
presentation, also endoscopic examination to detect sit and shape of Tumor and
histopathological report to determine histological type of gastric adenocarcinoma .Statistical
analysis: All statistical analyses were performed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS) version 19. Student’s chi square test was employed to define association between
variables. Result: Among the 105 patients in our present study, the 53 (50.9%) cases were male
and 51(49.03%) of cases were female. In our study population also, 34 (32.6%) patients were
less than 50 years of age and 70(67.3%)patients were more than or equal to at 50years of age
.The majority of patients were known blood group (O). Clinicopathological characteristics of
study population expected majority of tumor were poorly differentiated (60.8%), and (59.6%)
of patients presented with advanced gastric carcinoma .