Abstract
Red cell pictures were studied in stomach cancer cases with special reference to their relation with morphological aspects of the tumor, with the results as follows:
1) Anemia was observed in 47 (66.2%) of 71 stomach cancer cases. The anemia in stomach cancer differed from that in peptic ulcer, not only in the rate of occurrence but also in some other features.
2) The type of the anemia was various in stomach cancer, suggesting different origins of the anemia.
3) Of various aspects of the lesion, its extent of the spreads as well as the tumor size was most closely related with the occurrence of the anemia in stomach cancer..
4) Bleeding from the tumor was found to be a significant but not the only factor resulting in the anemia in stomach cancer.
