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№2' 2013
GASTROENTEROLOGYInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 19., Iss. 2, 2013, P. 58−63.
DYSPLASIA OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Central Research Institute for Gastroenterology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract. The analysis and review of the author's literature about the risk factors and their role in development and progress of pathological changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa, including esophagus, possibly preceding development of malignancy or immediately accelerating their development in various organs of the gastrointestinal tract, was done. The capabilities of vital (preoperative) examination of the state of the gastrointestinal mucosa, i.e. epithelial dysplasia as one of the risk factors of malignancy, were featured. Due to the increase of the number of early stages of malignant tumors and pre−cancer states, revealed, primarily, due to improvement of the methods of diagnosis, further development of criteria for early diagnosis of malignant tumors and their differentiation is necessary.
Key words: gastrointestinal tract, dysplasia, diagnosis, malignant tumors.