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Environmental Factors in Etiology of Gastric Cancer

Received: 30 August 2015     Accepted: 16 September 2015     Published: 26 September 2015
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Among all the cancers Gastric cancer has been reported to be a highly prevalent malignancy In Kashmir valley, constitutes about 30%-40% of all malignancies. Cancer is consistently considered as significant environmental issue besides other etiological factors. In our study the incidence ratio among genders remained 3:1(male to female). More incidents were found in 60-64 years of age, 34.5% patients reported weight loss and the weight difference was about 10kg from stage I to Stage IV, 62% of the patients were illiterate, 59.5% of patients were from poor and middle class and 51% patients had faced the Water pollution. Major portion 53 %of patients belongs to farmers& house wives among these 38.6%, 12.2%, 8.4%, 21.6%& 18.8% had exposure to Pesticides/insecticides, Fungicides, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Manure respectively. At the time of diagnosis patients presented with multiple symptoms like dyspepsia 76.5%, loss of appetite 35.5% and vomiting 42.0%. On physical examination, anaemia was the most common sign and was present in 163 81.5%, ascites was 11.1%, epigastric mass in 9.9% Regarding distribution of cancer within the stomach, distal stomach was involved in 45.5%, proximal stomach in 42.0% of patients; Middle stomach and Whole stomach were involved in 6.0% each. Among the common symptom, ulceroproliferative type was seen in 35.5%, ulcerative lesions were 30% and infiltrative were in 7.0 %.Various perceptible effects during our study provides significant evidence to conclude that in gastric cancer etiology, environment plays an important role.

Published in Advances in Biochemistry (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.ab.20150305.11
Page(s) 51-56
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Keywords

Gastric Cancer, Environmental Pollution, Occupation, Farming, Socio-demographic Profile, Clinical Presentation

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  • Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (F. V. Sc & AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alustang, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (F. V. Sc & AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alustang, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Department of Biochemistry Govt. Medical College Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (F. V. Sc & AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alustang, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Department of Oncology, Govt. Medical College Srinagar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (F. V. Sc & AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alustang, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (F. V. Sc & AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alustang, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine & Stem Cell Research (AIMMSCR), Amity University Uttar Pradesh Campus, Delhi, India

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