Histogenesis and precursors of human gastric cancer

Inhaltsverzeichnis1. History of Pathological Studies.2. Statistics, Epidemiology, and Etiology.3. Background Data to the Study of Advanced Gastric Cancer.Gross Appearances.Polypoid or Fungating Type.Circumscribed Excavating Type.Ulcerated Infiltrating Type.Diffusely Thickened Type.Histological Features.Well-Differentiated Adenocarcinoma.Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma.Poorly Differentiated Adenocarcinoma.Relationship Between Gross Appearances and Histological Features.Changes in Frequency of Macro- and Microscopical Types by Age and Sex of Patients and Year of Surgery.Site of Development.Terminal Stage.4. Morphology of Early Gastric Cancer and Related Subjects.Definition of Early Gastric Cancer and its Significance.Age and Sex of Patients with EGC.Gross Appearances and Histogical Features of EGC.Polypoid Protruding Type.Broad-Based, Elevated Type.Focal Depressed Type.Large Eroded Type.Peptically Ulcerated Type.Frequency of Macroscopical Type of EGC.Relationship Between Macroscopical Appearances and Histological Features of EGC.Changes in Frequency of EGC and its Macroscopical Types over Time.Macroscopical Diagnosis of EGC.5. Histogenesis.Macroscopical and Histological Relationships Between EGC and AGC.Broad-Based Elevated Type.Histogenesis of EGC.Minute Focal Cancer.Superficial Cancer Without Perceptible Macroscopical Change.Double or Multiple Foci of EGC.6. Precursors of Early Gastric Cancer.Gastric Polyp.Chronic Peptic Ulcer and Ulcer Scar.Chronic Atrophic Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia of Gastric Mucosa.Pernicious Anemia.Gastric Remnant.Menetrier’s Disease and Aberrant Pancreas.Gastric Dysplasia Including Borderline Lesion.Summary on Precancerous Changes in the Stomach.7. Chronologic Development and Prognosis of Early Gastric Cancer.Development and Growth.Prognosis.8. Histological Diagnosis of Early Gastric Cancer by Biopsy Examination.Results of Histological Examination of Biopsied Specimens.Clinical Implications of Biopsy Findings.9. Theories on the Histogenesis and Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer.Histological Correlation Between MGC and the Surrounding Mucosa from the Viewpoint of Generative Cells.Morphogenesis of the Depressed Lesion of MGC and EGC.Histological Conditions in Gastric Mucosa Before Development of Cancer.Development of Gastric Cancer from the Viewpoint of Animal Experiment and Basic Study.10. Subject Index.