Atrophic gastritis and enlarged gastric folds diagnosed by double-contrast upper gastrointestinal barium X-ray radiography are useful to predict future gastric cancer development based on the 3-year prospective observation

  • Nobutake Yamamichi
  • , Chigaya Hirano
  • , Masao Ichinose
  • , Yu Takahashi
  • , Chihiro Minatsuki
  • , Rie Matsuda
  • , Chiemi Nakayama
  • , Takeshi Shimamoto
  • , Shinya Kodashima
  • , Satoshi Ono
  • , Yosuke Tsuji
  • , Keiko Niimi
  • , Yoshiki Sakaguchi
  • , Yosuke Kataoka
  • , Itaru Saito
  • , Itsuko Asada-Hirayama
  • , Chihiro Takeuchi
  • , Seiichi Yakabi
  • , Hikaru Kaikimoto
  • , Yuta Matsumoto
  • Daisuke Yamaguchi, Natsuko Kageyama-Yahara, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Ryoichi Wada, Toru Mitsushima, Kazuhiko Koike

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Abstract

Background: Double-contrast upper gastrointestinal barium X-ray radiography (UGI-XR) is the standard gastric cancer screening method in Japan. Atrophic gastritis and enlarged gastric folds are considered the two major features of Helicobacter pylori-induced chronic gastritis, but the clinical meaning of evaluating them by UGI-XR has not been elucidated. Methods: We analyzed healthy UGI-XR examinees without a history of gastrectomy, previous Helicobacter pylori eradication and usage of gastric acid suppressants. Results and conclusions: Of the 6433 subjects, 1936 (30.1 %) had atrophic gastritis and 1253 (19.5 %) had enlarged gastric folds. During the 3-year prospective observational follow-up, gastric cancer developed in seven subjects, six of whom (85.7 %) had atrophic gastritis with H. pylori infection and five of whom (71.4 %) had enlarged gastric folds with H. pylori infection. The Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank testing revealed that both UGI-XR-based atrophic gastritis (p = 0.0011) and enlarged gastric folds (p = 0.0003) are significant predictors for future gastric cancer incidence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1016-1022
Number of pages7
JournalGastric Cancer
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atrophic gastritis
  • Double-contrast upper gastrointestinal barium X-ray radiography (UGI-XR)
  • Enlarged gastric folds
  • Gastric cancer
  • Helicobacter pylori

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