GASTRIC CANCER IN COLOMBIA .3. NATURAL-HISTORY OF PRECURSOR LESIONS
GASTRIC CANCER IN COLOMBIA .3. NATURAL-HISTORY OF PRECURSOR LESIONS
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DOI:
10.1093/jnci/57.5.1027
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
HAENSZEL, W
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作者:
CORREA, P;CUELLO, C;HAENSZEL, W
The premalignant process in the gastric mucosa was studied by gastroscopic surveys of Colombian populations, and the prevalence of superficial gastritis, chronic atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia was calculated for population samples having a very high gastric cancer risk (Narino), very low risk (Cartagena) and intermediate risk (Cali). The prevalence of individuals with normal mucosa in successive age groups was used to estimate depletion curves, which were taken as indicators of the dynamics of the premalignant process in each community. Differences corresponding to the geographic variation in stomach cancer risk were found. In the high-risk areas of Narino, .apprx. 75% of the population developed some type of gastritis by 45 yr of age; in the low- and intermediate-risk populations of Cartagena and Cali, the proportion of such lesions did not exceed 50% at age 45 or thereafter. The effect of environmental factors in early life seemed important in determining the prevalence of lesions in each population.