title: Intestinal metaplasia and anastomotic recurrence of gastric carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, S.W. Region, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Elroy Patrick
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Weledji
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, S.W. Region, Cameroon.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enow Orock
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, S.W. Region, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Marcelin Ngowe
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ngowe
keywords: Intestinal metaplasia (IM); anastomosis; gastric carcinoma; recurrence