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Normal gastric mucosa<br />

Chronic active gastritis<br />

Gastric atrophy Intestinal metaplasia<br />

Dysplasia<br />

Adenocarcinoma<br />

Fig. 2.50 The proposed natural history of the<br />

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(Fig. 2.50).<br />

Infection by the liver fluke O. viverrini causes<br />

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2.18) [2]. The proportion of <strong>cancer</strong>s attributed<br />

to infectious agents is higher in<br />

developing countries (23%) than in developed<br />

countries (9%). This proportion is<br />

greatest among women in Western,<br />

Eastern and Central Africa, where 40% of<br />

all <strong>cancer</strong>s are associated with chronic<br />

infections, followed by South-American<br />

and Asian women in whom this proportion<br />

is around 25% (Fig. 2.47). A similar picture<br />

is seen among males but with lower<br />

attributable proportions (Fig. 2.48).<br />

The realization that approximately onequarter<br />

of all <strong>cancer</strong>s occurring in the<br />

developing <strong>world</strong> can be attributed to<br />

infectious agents opens great hopes for<br />

prevention and treatment. This is particularly<br />

true for <strong>cancer</strong>s of the cervix, stomach<br />

and liver (Chapter 4), which are very<br />

common in developing countries, where<br />

they represent 91% of the <strong>cancer</strong>s associated<br />

with infectious agents.<br />

WEBSITES<br />

National Center for Infectious Diseases (USA CDC):<br />

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm<br />

WHO infectious disease information resources:<br />

http://www.who.int/health_topics/infectious_diseases/en<br />

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