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  2. Gastrointestinal intraepithelial neoplasia - Wikipedia

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    Gastrointestinal intraepithelial neoplasia (GIN or GIIN) is also known as gastrointestinal dysplasia. Gastrointestinal dysplasia refers to abnormal growth of the epithelial tissue lining the gastrointestinal tract including the esophagus, stomach, and colon. Pancreatic, biliary, and rectal Intraepithelial Neoplasia are discussed separately. The ...

  3. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor - Wikipedia

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    About 70% occur in the stomach, 20% in the small intestine and less than 10% in the esophagus. Small tumors are generally not aggressive, especially when cell division rate is slow. GIST tumors commonly metastasize to the liver (in 28% of cases) and/or to the greater omentum , lesser omentum , or mesentery (in 30% of cases).

  4. Stomach cancer - Wikipedia

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    Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the lining of the stomach. [10] Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes, including gastric adenocarcinomas. [2] Lymphomas and mesenchymal tumors may also develop in the ...

  5. Poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Poorly cohesive gastric carcioma (signet-ring cell type) x400, H&E stain . Poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma (dyscohesive carcinoma, carcinoma with a lack of intercellular connections) is a malignant tumour of epithelial origin, characterized by diffuse distribution of tumour cells, isolated from each other or in small groups.

  6. Linitis plastica - Wikipedia

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    Linitis plastica (sometimes referred to as leather bottle stomach) is a morphological variant of diffuse stomach cancer in which the stomach wall becomes thick and rigid. [ 1 ] Linitis plastica is a type of adenocarcinoma and accounts for 3–19% of gastric adenocarcinomas. [ 1 ]

  7. Tumor of the stomach - Wikipedia

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    The stomach is an organ of the gastrointestinal tract that sits in the abdomen. [1] Tumors of the stomach are known as gastric tumors, and can be either benign or malignant (gastric cancer). These tumors arise from the cells of the gastric mucosa which lines the stomach. Typically, most gastric tumors are cancerous and not detected until a ...

  8. Gastrointestinal cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer of the stomach, also called gastric cancer, is the fourth-most-common type of cancer and the second-highest cause of cancer death globally. [2] Eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia) is a high-risk area for gastric cancer, and North America, Australia, New Zealand and western and northern Africa are areas with low risk. [5]

  9. Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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    F. Reigel suggests that ulcers are caused by excess acid. [1] Bacillus coli (E. coli) 1906 Krienitz finds bacteria in the stomach of people with gastric cancer. [2] Turck feeds dogs Bacillus coli and produces ulcers. [7] 1907 Berkley Moynihan suggests that acid is a cause of ulcers. [1] 1910