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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 83, 期 9, 页码 1249-1254出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1414
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oesophageal cancer; oesophageal balloon cytology; active surveillance; Turkoman Plain
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A Caspian Littoral Cancer Registry survey in the early 1970s established northern Iran as one of the highest oesophageal cancer incidence regions of the world. To verify this, an oesophageal cancer survey was carried out between 1995 and 1997 in the Turkoman Plain at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea. Oesophageal balloon cytology screening was carried out on 4192 asymptomatic adults above age 30 years in one town and three adjoining villages with a total population of 20 392 people at risk. Oesophagoscopy was performed on 183 patients with abnormal cytological findings, The discovery of two asymptomatic small squamous cell cancers and one 'carcinoma- suspect' implied a prevalence ranging from 47.7 per 100 000 to 71.5 per 100 000. During a I-year active surveillance, 14 patients were found with clinically advanced oesophageal squamous cell cancer, yielding age-standardized incidence rates of 144.09 per 100 000 for men and 48.82 per 100 000 for women. The very high frequency of oesophageal cancer reported for northern Iran 25 years ago stands confirmed, Differences in incidence rates, then and now, can be attributed to survey methods used and diagnostic criteria applied, but not to socioeconomic factors, which have remained relatively stable, Oesophageal balloon cytology is a practical method of mass screening for oesophageal cancer in Iran. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.
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