GASTRIC CANCER IN INDIGENOUS AND LATINO AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE ECUADORIAN ANDES

Leonardo Villacres Montesdeoca; Andres Romero Mazon; Mauricio Coral Proano; Andres Espin Puchaicela; Estefany Cerda Moscoso; Gabriela Claudio Pombosa; Gabriel Vega Canarejo; Grace Villagran Ochoa

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

GASTRIC CANCER IN INDIGENOUS AND LATINO AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE ECUADORIAN ANDES

Leonardo Villacres Montesdeoca, Andres Romero Mazon, Mauricio Coral Proano, Andres Espin Puchaicela, Estefany Cerda Moscoso, Gabriela Claudio Pombosa, Gabriel Vega Canarejo, Grace Villagran Ochoa

Abstract :

OBJECTIVE: To determine a histopathological relationship between indigenous and Latino American people of the Ecuadorian Andes. METHODS: A retrospective and descriptive analysis of patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma or gastroesophageal junction who received adjuvant chemo radiation therapy during the years 2011 to 2015. RESULTS: 197 individuals were included in the analysis, 115 men (58.4%) and 82 women (41.6%); with ages between 18 and 89 years, distributed in clinical stages IB to IIIC. With respect to the ethnic group, the indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Andes have a higher proportion of diffuse adenocarcinoma (40.6%), Latino American (34.5%) Latino American with a indigenous parent. (27.9%). CONCLUSION: Diffuse adenocarcinoma of indigenous peoples in the Ecuadorian Andes would be related perhaps genetic component, possibly due to the fact that this group is related to people from the same community.