Trends of cancer incidences on the distal esophagus and gastric cardia in Jeju residents，

Kim, Eun Hee; Yang, Young Ja; Bae, Jong Myon

doi:2009.6.3.179

J Med Life Sci > Volume 6(3); 2009 > Article

Journal of Medicine and Life Science 2009;6(3):179-183.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22730/jmls.2009.6.3.179 Published online May 24, 2009.

2000-2003 년도 제주도 지역 식도 원위부와 위 분문부의 암 발생 경향

김은희, 양영자, 배종면

제주대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실, 제주도지역암등록본부

Trends of cancer incidences on the distal esophagus and gastric cardia in Jeju residents，

Eun Hee Kim, Young Ja Yang, Jong Myon Bae

Departments of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine and Jejudo Regional Cancer Registry, Jeju, Korea

Correspondence: Jong Myon Bae, Email: jmbae@Jeju nu.ac.kr

Abstract

Objectives
The aim of this study is to evaluate trends in incidence rates for distal esophageal cancer and gastric cardia cancer according to subsite over the period 2000-2003 in Jeju and to review the effects of reclassifying two regions by tumor location.
Methods
The subjects were obtained from the database of Jejudo Cancer Registry (JCR). AII patients were diagnosed newly as esophageal and gastric cancers from 2000 through 2003. Crude incidence rates (CR) and age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) were computed by anatomic subsites and sex.
Results
Between the years 2000 and 2003 there were 86 cases of esophageal cancer in Jeiu. In 2000-2001, the ASR of distal esophageal cancer in men was 0.84/100,000: it declined to 0.27/100,000 in 2002-2003. The ASR of distal esophageal cancer in women was 0 from 2000 to 2003. For gastric cancer, there were 876 cases between the years 2000 and 2003. In 2000-2001, the ASR of gastric cardia cancer in men was 0.74/100,000; it increased to 1.62/100,000 in 2002-2003. The ASR of gastric cardia cancer in women was 1.01/100, 000 in 2000-2001; it declined to 0. 52/100,000 in 2002-2003.
Conclusions
There was no evidence about increasing incidence of distal esophageal cancer in both men and women. But an increasing trend of esophageal cancer in both men and women and an increasing trend of cardia cancer in men and an deceasing trend of non cardia cancer in men were observed, as like as western countries.

Key Words: Classification; Distal esophageal cancer; Gastric cardia cancer; Incidence; Trend