Socioeconomic status (SES) is related to health in every industrialized society where it has been studied. Indicators include educational attainment, occupational status, and income. Subjective social status (SSS), a summative judgment of one's socioeconomic position across these dimensions, also appears to be associated with health status. The current study examines whether SSS has similar ass...

BACKGROUND Adenocarcinomas of the gastric cardia and distal oesophagus are at present often considered as one clinical entity because of their comparable increasing incidence, prognosis, and optimal treatment options. However, it is still a matter of debate whether these malignancies have the same pathogenesis and genotype. AIMS The aim of this study was to analyse expression of cyclooxygenas...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of hospital operation volume on hospital mortality and 5-year survival in patients treated with resection for carcinoma of the oesophagus and gastric cardia. INTRODUCTION Surgery due to tumours of the oesophagus and gastric cardia is probably associated with the highest postoperative morbidity and mortality of all elective surgical procedures. Concentration to h...

BACKGROUND Although pernicious anaemia is an established risk factor for stomach cancer, data by anatomical subsite are not available. Moreover, a previous suggestion of a link to increased risk of oesophageal cancer needs further exploration. METHODS We followed 21 265 patients hospitalised for pernicious anaemia in Sweden from 1965 to 1999 for an average of 7.1 years. Standardised incidence...

OBJECTIVE Recently there has been a great interest in the role of Helicobacter pylori in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Many studies do not show any significant difference in the overall prevalence of H. pylori in patients with endoscopic oesophagitis and controls. In this prospective study we assessed the influence of H. pylori density and activity of inflammation in different parts of stoma...