AA. Gastric C I 06. ppt - Università degli studi di Pavia
AA. Gastric C I 06. ppt - Università degli studi di Pavia
AA. Gastric C I 06. ppt - Università degli studi di Pavia
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GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA<br />
Risk factors. I.<br />
* <strong>di</strong>et (high in dry salted, smoked or preserved foods<br />
and low in fruits and vegetables);<br />
* bacteria (inclu<strong>di</strong>ng Helicobacter pylori infection);<br />
* advanced age;<br />
* male gender;<br />
* atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia;<br />
* pernicious anemia;<br />
* cigarette smoking;<br />
* Menetrier's <strong>di</strong>sease (giant hypertrophic gastritis),<br />
and<br />
* gastric adenomatous polyps and familial polyposis