A rising trend of gastric cardia cancer in Gansu Province of China.
We evaluated the incidence, age, gender, and anatomical distribution of gastric cancers in 65,284 cases of upper GI endoscopies. A total of 5253 gastric cancer cases were identified. Cancers of the cardia, fundus, body and antrum account for 33.6%, 2.7%, 23.6% and 34.0% of all cases, respectively. The mean age for gastric cancers was 56.9+/-10.2 years and 69.7% of the cancer cases were found in the 50-69 year age group. Subjects with cardia cancer were slightly older than subjects with non-cardia cancer. Over the 12-year period, the incidence of the gastric antrum cancer had significantly declined, whereas the incidence of the gastric cancer in the cardia and body had risen steadily. Thus, there was a rising trend of cardia cancers and a decreasing trend of most non-cardia cancers.
Zhou
Yongning
Y
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu Province, China.
Zhang
Zhiyi
Z
Zhang
Zhenkun
Z
Wu
Jing
J
Ren
Denxian
D
Yan
Xiang
X
Wang
Qing
Q
Wang
Yuling
Y
Wang
Huizheng
H
Zhang
Jun
J
Zhu
Xiaoling
X
Yang
Yongchen
Y
Luo
Chong
C
Guo
Xian
X
Tang
Chengwei
C
Qiao
Liang
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002299:Cardia; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology