[Results of examination of a population from a region with a high incidence of esophageal cancer: precancerous lesions of the esophageal mucosa].
Esophagoscopic evidence of chronic esophagitis of varying degree was found in 60% of the total number of 1348 examined males living in a region with high incidence of esophageal cancer. The high incidence of chronic esophagitis corroborates the hypothesis that this disease is a precursor of esophageal cancer.
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014610:Uzbekistan
Rezul'taty obsledovaniia naseleniia v regione s vysokoĭ zabolevaemost'iu rakom poshchevoda: predrakovye porazheniia slizistoĭ obolochki pishchevoda.