Roadmap for elimination of gastric cancer in Korea
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
;
: 133-139, 2015.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-214122
ABSTRACT
Most gastric cancers are caused by infection with the common human bacterial pathogen, Helicobacter pylori. It is now accepted that gastric cancer can be prevented and virtually eliminated by H. pylori eradication and this knowledge was responsible for country-wide H. pylori eradication combined with secondary cancer prevention for those with residual risk that was introduced in Japan in 2013. Korea is a high H. pylori prevalence and high gastric cancer incidence country and a good candidate for a gastric cancer elimination program. The presence of an H. pylori infection is now considered as an indication for treatment of the infection. However, antimicrobial drug resistance is common among H. pylori in Korea making effective therapy problematic. Country-wide studies of the local and regional antimicrobial resistance patterns are needed to choose the most appropriate therapies. H. pylori and gastric cancer eradication can be both efficient and cost effective making it possible and practical to make Korea H. pylori and gastric cancer free. There is no reason to delay.
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Assunto principal:
Prevenção Primária
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Prevalência
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Fatores de Risco
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Helicobacter pylori
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Infecções por Helicobacter
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Medição de Risco
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Farmacorresistência Bacteriana
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República da Coreia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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