A case-control study evaluating occult blood screening for colorectal cancer with hemoccult test and an immunochemical hemagglutination test.

A case control study to evaluate the occult blood screening for colorectal cancer was conducted in a town where colorectal cancer screening had been performed by Hemoccult test during the early years and subsequently by an immunochemical hemagglutination test. All residents aged >/=40 years had been offered the annual screening. Case series consisted of 51 subjects with fatal colorectal cancer.

Correlation of age-adjusted incidence and age-adjusted death rate in colorectal cancer among municipalities in Aomori Prefecture.

To clarify to what extent death rate reflects the incidence of colorectal cancer, we calculated the age-adjusted death rates for colorectal cancer among municipalities in Aomori Prefecture for the period between 1983 and 1987, and examined the correlation with the age-adjusted incidences of the disease during different 5-year periods. In males, the age-adjusted death rate of rectal or colon cancer most correlated with the age-adjusted incidence in the preceding period by three or two years, respectively; however in females, the age-adjusted death rate best reflected the age-adjusted incidence of the same period. In males, significant correlation was lost if the interval exceeded seven years in both rectal and colon carcinomas.

[A case of advanced esophageal cancer showing good partial response by combination therapy of low dose 5-FU and low dose CDDP].

A 66-year-old man with a complaint of dysphagia was diagnosed as advanced esophageal cancer. Barium swallow examination of the esophagus showed a narrowing 10 cm in length at Ei (type 3), and biopsy specimen from the lesion on endoscopic examination revealed adenosquamous carcinoma. Multiple lymph node metastasis were detected by CT scan.

Reduction in risk of mortality from colorectal cancer by fecal occult blood screening with immunochemical hemagglutination test. A case-control study.

Fecal occult blood testing by immunochemical hemagglutination has been shown to be superior to the Hemoccult test, both in sensitivity and in specificity. The test has been widely used as a tool for population screening in Japan, but there has been no study to evaluate the efficacy of screening using this test. A case-control study to evaluate the screening was conducted in study areas where no previous and no other concomitant colorectal cancer screening had been performed.

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori with lansoprazole and clarithromycin in gastric ulcer patients.

This study attempted to determine the efficacy of lansoprazole plus clarithromycin therapy in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori in gastric ulcer patients. The influence of H. pylori eradication on healing and relapse of ulcers was also studied.