The Screen for the Upper GI Diseases in Residents of Jiangsu Dongtai
- VernacularTitle:东台市居民上消化道疾病筛查情况分析
- Author:
Jianhua ZHAO
;
Jinghua DING
;
Mingguang WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Screening;
Occult blood test;
Upper GI diseases;
Malignant cancer
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To know the situation of upper GI diseases among the residents in Dong tai city. Methods With three levels examination methods of Occult Blood Bead Detector,Gastroscope and pathological examination,residents aged over 30 yrs in Dongtai were screened during Aug 2005 to Sept 2006. Results 70 809 residents,about 6.13% of whole city population,were taken the screen with occult blood bead detector. There were about 28 392 people positive; the positive rate was 40.10%. Among the positive people,there were 8 121 people taking gastroscope inspection,and while 2 294 of them also took the pathological examination. The gastroscope results showed that 4 636 people suffered from chronic superficial gastritis,1 431 rotten gastritis,565 esophagus gastritis,339 chronic & atrophic gastritis,24 suspicious cancers,53 stomach cancer,44 esophagus cancer. Of these 97 cases with cancers diagnosed by gastroscope,87 cases were confirmed by pathological examination,the false positive rate of gastroscope examination was about 10.31%; Among 2 197 of the non-cancer subjects diagnosed by gastroscope,there were 25 cases with cancer diagnosed by pathological method,the false negative rate of gastroscope was 1.14%. For those 112 cancer cases diagnosed by pathology,there were 83 cases (74.11%) who were in the early or middle phase of cancer. Conclusion The prevalence of upper GI diseases in Dongtai City was higher. It should strengthen the education and the improvement of the health situation.