On the importance of developing a new generation of breath tests for Helicobacter pylori detection.

State-of-the-art methods for non-invasive detection of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection have been considered. A reported global tendency towards a non-decreasing prevalence of H.

Chemoprevention of mammary, cervix and nervous system carcinogenesis in animals using cultured Panax ginseng drugs and preliminary clinical trials in patients with precancerous lesions of the esophagus and endometrium.

The anticarcinogenic effects and mechanisms of the biotechnological drugs of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer cultivated in Russia, bioginseng, panaxel and panaxel- 5, were studied.

Oesophageal cancer in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

Regional and temporal patterns of variation in the incidence of cancer of the oesophagus in the Central Asian republic of Karakalpakstan were analysed. Karakalpakstan (population about 1200,000) is an area with high rates of this disease. Incidence data within regions (data from 1988-1989), ethnic groups (data from 1987-1989) and calendar periods (data from 1973-1987) were available for analysis, with corresponding official population estimates.

[Relationship between the character of pathological changes in the esophageal mucosa and deficiency of several vitamins in a population with high incidence of esophageal cancer].

A comparative study of the esophageal mucosa versus vitamin status in the adult male population of Muinak District of the Karakalpak ASSR, characterized by high incidence of esophageal cancer, established a significantly high frequency of chronic esophagitis. The differential evaluation of different pathologies of the esophageal mucosa suggested a link between catarrhal and erosive esophagitis and vitamin B2 deficiency and atrophic esophagitis and vitamin A deficit.