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Epidemiology of precancerous gastric lesions
Author(s) -
YOU WEICHENG,
CHANG YUNSHENG
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1993.tb01531.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , dermatology , gastroenterology , pathology
Research over the past several decades has revealed that the major subtype of gastric cancer (intestinal gastric cancer) is an end result of a multistage transformation of the gastric mucosa over many years and that this process is mainly determined by environmental factors. Epidemiologic studies on precancerous gastric lesions, including a large population‐based study of the natural history and aetiology of precancerous gastric lesions conducted in Shandong, China, are reviewed.