ABSTRACT
The study included 85 inpatients and outpatients in whom composition of inflammatory infiltrate from gastric mucosa (GM) was determined at the Oncological Research Institute, Tomsk Research Centre of the Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The patients were allocated to 4 groups depending on nosological form of the disease. Group 1 comprised 21 patients with grade II-III GM epithelial dysplasia, group 2 - 24 patients having stomach cancer (histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma), group 3 - 19 patients with stage II-III mucinous gastric carcinoma, group 4 - 20 allegedly healthy subjects without signs of gastrointestinal pathology. It was shown that dysplastic processes in GM are associated with an increase of neutrophil, eosinophil, macrophage, and mast cell count along with a drop in the number of lymphocytes and plasmocytes. Stroma of invasive stomach cancer underwent intense inflammatory infiltration accompanied by a rise in the number of lymphocytes, plasmocytes, and neutrophils. Mucinous gastric carcinoma was characterized by an increase of the number of neutrophils and macrophages. Patients having adenocarcinoma of the stomach showed enhanced plasmocytic infiltration by plasmocytes with a low number of eosinophils and mast cells. It is concluded that characteristics of inflammatory GM infiltrate may be useful for the objective assessment of stomach cancer risk in patients with GM dysplasia, formation of a high oncological risk group, adequate dynamic monitoring and treatment of these patients.
Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Gastric Mucosa/pathology , Neoplasm Staging , Stomach Neoplasms/pathology , Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/metabolism , Adult , Eosinophils/metabolism , Female , Gastric Mucosa/metabolism , Humans , Inflammation/parasitology , Lymphocytes/metabolism , Male , Middle Aged , Neutrophils/metabolism , Stomach Neoplasms/metabolismABSTRACT
The study included 52 patients after gastrectomy for carcinoma of the proximal part of the stomach. Endoscopic laser therapy was made in 32 patients to reduce inflammation in the anastomosis zone 2-3 weeks after surgery. Drug therapy was made in 20 patients within the same time period. Histochemical study of the biopsy material of esophageal and intestinal part of the anastomosis was carried out. It is revealed that application of copper vapor laser early after surgery reduces edema and inflammation in the anastomosis zone for 2 weeks as well as accelerates the growth of granulation tissue forming a delicate scar thus preventing formation of scar stenosis.
