Dyspepsia: Prognosis

Statistics show an average of 20% of patients with dyspepsia have duodenalor gastric ulcer disease, 20% have irritable bowel syndrome, fewer than 1% of patients had cancer, and the range for functional, or nonulcer dyspepsia (gastritis or superficial erosions), was from 5–40%.

— Kathleen D. Wright, RN