Intestinal metaplasia and anastomotic recurrence of gastric carcinoma

Intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the stomach has been shown to increase the relative risk of gastric cancer. Endoscopic surveillance has been proposed and advocated for populations at risk. Those patients who had undergone surgery for gastric malignancy exhibited precancerous lesions such as atrophic g...

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Published inJournal of gastrointestinal oncology Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. 474 - 480
Main Authors Weledji, Elroy Patrick, Enow Orock, George, Ngowe, Marcelin Ngowe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company 01.12.2014
Subjects
Review
recurrence
Intestinal metaplasia (IM)
gastric carcinoma
anastomosis
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Summary:Intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the stomach has been shown to increase the relative risk of gastric cancer. Endoscopic surveillance has been proposed and advocated for populations at risk. Those patients who had undergone surgery for gastric malignancy exhibited precancerous lesions such as atrophic gastritis and IM, and the possibility of anastomotic recurrence is higher than for the patients who had undergone benign gastric surgery. At present, there are no other recognized good markers of gastric dysplasia or cancer. We reviewed the literature on IM of the stomach to ascertain whether residual premalignant (type III) IM may predispose to anastomotic recurrence of gastric cancer.
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ISSN:2078-6891
2219-679X
DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.048