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Serum pepsinogen I and gastrin in relation to extent and location of intestinal metaplasia in the surgically resected stomach

Digestive Diseases and Sciences volume 25, pages 680–687 (1980)Cite this article

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A study of 177 patients undergoing distal subtotal gastrectomy indicates that a preoperative serum pepsinogen I (PGI) level below 20 ng/ml predicts the presence of gastric carcinoma and the degree of intestinal metaplasia of the gastric antrum. The serum gastrin level was not predictive of carcinoma or of the degree of intestinal metaplasia. Of the 15 patients with a low serum PG I level, 13 had carcinoma and 2 had atypical polyps. The PG I level in a stored serum sample from 4 of 30 patients fell from normal to abnormal over a period of 8–9 years. Each of these converters had invasive carcinoma of the stomach. This suggests that persons showing a fall in serum PG I to abnormal levels during serial analyses should be evaluated for the possibility of gastric carcinoma.

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  1. Director of Laboratories, Japan-Hawaii Cancer Study, 347 North Kuakini Street, 96817, Honolulu, Hawaii

    G. N. Stemmermann MD, I. M. Samloff MD, A. Nomura MD, DrPH & J. H. Walsh MD

  2. Director of Laboratories, Division of Gastroenterology, Harbor General Hospital, 90509, Torrance, California

    G. N. Stemmermann MD, I. M. Samloff MD, A. Nomura MD, DrPH & J. H. Walsh MD

  3. Director of Laboratories, Division of Gastroenterology, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024, Los Angeles, California

    G. N. Stemmermann MD, I. M. Samloff MD, A. Nomura MD, DrPH & J. H. Walsh MD

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Stemmermann, G.N., Samloff, I.M., Nomura, A. et al. Serum pepsinogen I and gastrin in relation to extent and location of intestinal metaplasia in the surgically resected stomach. Digest Dis Sci 25, 680–687 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308327

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Keywords

  • Carcinoma
  • Serum Sample
  • Gastric Carcinoma
  • Resected Stomach
  • Invasive Carcinoma