Adenocarcinoma of the Gastric Cardia
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Digestive Diseases
- Vol. 15 (6) , 346-356
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000171610
Abstract
Although adenocarcinoma of the stomach has decreased in incidence over the past several decades, cancer of the gastric cardia has increased rapidly over this time frame. There are several differences between adenocarcinoma of the cardia and distal stomach with respect to epidemiology, risk factors, and prognosis. In addition, recent data raise questions with regard to possible associations of cardia cancer with Barrett’s esophagus, intestinal metaplasia of the cardia, and Helicobacter pylori. This article will review the current literature with regard to this important tumor and explore these potential disease associations.Keywords
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