1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study on risk factors of gastrointestinal cancer in Taivan
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03042016
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Special Cancer Research |
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAI Keiichi Kyoto Prefectural University of medicine.Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50079745)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
劉 輝雄 劉輝雄内科胃腸科医院, 院長
施 壽全 馬偕記念病院, 主治医師
楊 國郷 馬偕記念病院, 主任
翁 昭紋 台湾大学, 医学部, 主治医師
林 肇堂 台湾大学, 医学部, 副教授
王 正一 台湾大学, 医学部, 教授
王 徳宏 台湾大学, 医学部, 教授
WATANABE Yoshiyuki Kyoto Prefectural University of medicine.Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (00191809)
YAMAGUCHI Toshiharu Kyoto Prefectural University of medicine.Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (90111327)
TSUCHIHASHI Yasunari Kyoto Prefectural University of medicine.Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (50106390)
TAKAHASHI Toshio Kyoto Prefectural University of medicine.Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50079828)
CHUAN Shin-Shou Mackay Memorial Hospital
YANG Kuo-Ching Mackay Memorial Hospital
MIN Weng-Chao National Taiwan University Hospital
LIN Jaw-Town National Taiwan University Hospital.Associate Professor
WANG Cheng-Yi National Taiwan University Hospital.Professor
WANG Teh-Hong National Taiwan University Hospital.Professor
LIU Hui-Hsiung Liu Gastroenterologic Hospital
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | Stomach Cancer / Colorectal Cancer / Descriptive Epidemiology / Mortality Statistics / Clinical Statistics / Analytical Epidemiology / Risk Factor |
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| Research Abstract |
This study was conducted to reveal the frequency and distribution on stomach cancer and colorectal cancer in Taiwan and the risk factors of these diseases among Taiwanese.
As for stomach cancer in Taiwan, the decreasing trend of mortality and the distribution of pathological types were almost the same as in Japan.
Mortality statistics showed that the death rate from colon cancer was constantly higher than that from rectal cancer in Taiwan during the past 15 years. Clinical data also showed the colon cancer predominance among intestinal cancer patients. These are different from Japanese trend which showed the recent increasing of colon cancer. However, the pathological findings on colorectal cancer in Taiwan showed almost the same distribution as Japanese.
Preliminary case-control study on dietary factors and past medical histories stomach cancer in Taiwan showed that the history of hypertension and the frequent intake (2-3 times/week or more) of spices decreased the risk significantly. A case-control study for colorectal cancer in Taiwan showed that daily intake of salty food significantly increased the risk and the frequent intake (1-2 times/week or more) of meat significantly decreased the risk.
It is necessary to continue to study more on these possible risk factors of stomach cancer and colorectal cancer in details as these analyses were conducted on a small number of cases.
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