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KMID : 0882420070730040368
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2007 Volume.73 No. 4 p.368 ~ p.374
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The crude incidence rate of stomach cancer in Chuncheon-si during 2000-2002
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Kim Sung-Jung
Jang Hyun-Joo
Kim Hak-Yang
Park Cheol-Hee
Youn Kwang Hee
Kim Dong-Joon
Baik Gwang-Ho
Kae Sea-Hyub
Baek Il-Hyun
Lee Seong-Joon
Song Sung-Wook
Kim Jin-Bong
Min Seul-Ki
Kim Kyung-Ho
Choi Young-Hee
Jeong Heon-Jae
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Abstract
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Background: Stomach cancer is the most common cancer in Korea, and it can be easily diagnosed by performing endoscopy. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is associated with stomach cancer, and there has been much recent interest in the epidemiology of stomach cancer. Therefore, we estimated the incidence of stomach cancer in Chuncheon-si during 2000-2002.
Methods: From July 1st, 2000 through June 30th, 2002, we investigated the subjects who were confined to be newly diagnosed cases living in Chuncheon-si. The data was collected from the medical records from all the medical facilities located in Chuncheon-si.
Results: The total number of cases of newly diagnosed stomach cancer during this period (2000-2002) was 186 (117 males and 69 females). The annual crude incidence rate of stomach cancer was estimated to be 37.0 per 100,000 persons overall, and 47.0 and 27.2 in the males and females, respectively. The annual age standardized incidence rate for the Korean population was 33.7 per 100,000 persons overall, and 42.2 and 25.1 for the males and females, respectively. The major symptoms of stomach cancer patients were epigastric pain (61.8%) and weight loss (31.2%). The proportion of
early gastric cancer was 34.9% (60 among 172 persons) of the cases of stomach cancer. 64 patients (74%) were H. pylori
positive.
Conclusion: We report here on the estimated incidence rate of the stomach cancer and the characteristics of the
stomach cancer patients in Chuncheon-si during 2000-2002. This study has generated basic epidemiologic data to identify
the effect of H. pylori eradication on the future incidence rate of stomach cancer
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KEYWORD
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Stomach cancer, Incidence rate, Helicobacter pylori, Epidemiology
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