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Annals of Surgical Oncology, Vol 6, Issue 5 495-499, Copyright © 1999 by Society of Surgical Oncology

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Dual roles of peptic ulcer in the carcinogenesis or extension of early gastric cancer

S. Shimoyama, Y. Joujima, T. Oohara and M. Kaminishi
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.

BACKGROUND: Early gastric cancer (EGC) often coexists with peptic ulcer. In this study we investigated the roles of peptic ulcer in the carcinogenesis and extension of gastric cancer. METHODS: The clinicopathological characteristics of EGC and peptic ulcer and their relationship, as well as that of the background intestinal metaplasia, were compared among the following three groups: patients with peptic ulcer only inside the EGC (Contained group, 53 patients); patients with peptic ulcer only outside the EGC (Separate group, 26 patients); and patients of EGC with no peptic ulcer (Absent group, 43 patients). RESULTS: In the Separate group, a male preponderance was observed (P = .006), and all EGCs developed in the middle or lower third of the stomach (P = .06). Most of the EGCs were an intestinal type of cancer with severe background intestinal metaplasia. Topographically, 88% of the peptic ulcers in the Separate group developed proximal to the EGC. On the other hand, in the Contained group, most EGCs developed in the middle third of the stomach with an intestinal/diffuse type ratio of 1:1. Peptic ulcers inside the EGC were significantly more shallow than those that developed outside the EGC (P = 0.008). Although the incidences of submucosal cancer were nearly the same among the three groups, the maximum cancer diameter tended to be increased in the Contained group compared to that in the Absent group, and the incidence of lymph node involvement tended to be higher in the Contained group (8%) as compared with the other two groups (4%-5%). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that peptic ulcer outside the EGC contributes to the development of the intestinal type of EGC, with the background of more severe intestinal metaplasia during the peptic ulcer healing processes, whereas peptic ulcer inside the EGC develops secondary to EGC and favors cancer extension and metastasis. Peptic ulcer associated with EGC can be considered to exert different biological roles in the carcinogenesis or extension of ECG according to the location of the peptic ulcer.




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