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Antibodies to Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients, asymptomatic adults, and children from Costa Rica
(1995-06-30)
An enzyme immunoassay for the detection of serum IgG antibodies to H. pylori whole bacterial sonicate was used in a study of dyspeptic adult patients (n=165), apparently healthy blood donors (n=154), and children (n = 66) ...
X-ray screening seems to reduce gastric cancer mortality by half in a community-controlled trial in Costa Rica
(British Journal of Cancer 97, p. 837 – 843, 2007-10-02)
X-ray screening of gastric cancer is broadly used in Japan, although no controlled trial has proved its effectiveness. This study evaluates the impact of an X-ray screening demonstrative intervention to reduce gastric ...
La inflamacion y su papel en el desarrollo del cáncer gástrico
Inflammation and its Role in the Development of Gastric Carcinoma
(Acta Medica Cnstarricense Vol 51 (2):76-82, abril-junio 2009, 2009-04)
La infección por Helicobacter pylori produce, en algunos pacientes, inflamación crónica en el estómago, gastritis atrófica y cáncer gástrico. Los mecanismos moleculares que conducen de la infección a la inflamación crónica ...
Identificación histológica de Helicobacter pylori por los métodos de tinción de Warthin-Starry y Gimenez en biopsias gástricas
(1996)
Forty-nine patients (20 men and 29 women)
were investigated for Helicobacter pylori tinfection.
All patients had dyspeptic problems
and underwent gastroscopy at the Max Per-
Alta Hospital, Cartago. They were examibed
by ...
Cáncer de piel en Costa Rica
(1986)
Se describe la incidencia del cáncer de la piel por sexo, edad y localización de todos los casos notificados en el Registro Nacional de Tumores de Costa Rica, en el periodo 1979-1980. El cáncer de piel presentó el 7,6 % ...
In vivo Nitrosoproline formation and other risk factors in Costa Rican Children from high-and low-risk areas for gastric cancer
(1993)
The hypothesis that intragastric synthesis of N-nitroso compounds (NOC) in early life could play a role in gastric carcinogenesis was tested by applying the N-nitrosoproline (NPRO) test to about 50 children living in high- ...
National cancer registry, 1980-1983
(1988)
Legislation making cancer a notifiable disease
was introduced in Costa Rica in 1976. At the same
time, a National Tumour Registry was established,
and collection of data commenced in March 1977.
The aims of the National ...
Association of interleukin-1B and interleukin-1RN polymorphisms with gastric cancer in a high-risk population of Costa Rica
(Clinical and Experimental Medicine 5 p.169-176, 2005-09-13)
Several risk factors have been associated with gastric cancer, among them Helicobacter pylori infection. This bacterium yields inflammation, the degree of which depends on the bacterial strain and the severity of the host ...
Cancer mortality in the Republic of San Marino
(1986)
The Republic of San Marino (RSM) is a small independent
nation on the Italian peninsula located within
the Emilia-Romagna region near the Adriatic sea.
The population in 1980 was 21500. Until 1950 the
economy was ...
Epidemiología y ecología del cáncer gástrico en Costa Rica
(Bol Oficina Sanit Panam journal 95(6) p. 495 - 506, 1983-12)
Para analizar la epidemiología del cáncer gástrico en Costa Rica y la posible influencia de algunos factores ecológicos en su incidencia anual, se utilizaron datos de los archivos deI Registro Nacional de Tumores, estos ...