The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between food contaminated with heavy metals and growing number ofstomach adenocarcinoma patients in Tuzla Canton after flooding of the river Spreca catchment area...The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between food contaminated with heavy metals and growing number ofstomach adenocarcinoma patients in Tuzla Canton after flooding of the river Spreca catchment area. The scope of work is retrospectiveand prospective five-year study （2010-2015） of 1,000 patients, who had stomach adenocarcinoma surgery in the department of surgery,University Clinical Centre Tuzla, and answered questions about diet. The patients were predominantly male, aged 60 to 70 （1.5： 1）. Thedata on heavy metal contamination in farmlands in the river catchment area were provided by the Federal Department of Agropedology.The malignity was reported to the department of public health in Tuzla Canton. The results showed an increase in number of patientswith stomach adenocarcinoma in the industrially developed municipalities who consumed vegetables contaminated with heavy metalsafter the floods. The smallest number of patients who underwent stomach adenocarcinoma surgery comes from the municipalitiessituated out of the flood plain, where farmland was not contaminated. It is concluded that most of the patients having stomachadenocarcinoma came from the municipalities with contaminated agricultural soil. The diet included vegetables, meat, and dairyproducts.展开更多
文摘The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between food contaminated with heavy metals and growing number ofstomach adenocarcinoma patients in Tuzla Canton after flooding of the river Spreca catchment area. The scope of work is retrospectiveand prospective five-year study （2010-2015） of 1,000 patients, who had stomach adenocarcinoma surgery in the department of surgery,University Clinical Centre Tuzla, and answered questions about diet. The patients were predominantly male, aged 60 to 70 （1.5： 1）. Thedata on heavy metal contamination in farmlands in the river catchment area were provided by the Federal Department of Agropedology.The malignity was reported to the department of public health in Tuzla Canton. The results showed an increase in number of patientswith stomach adenocarcinoma in the industrially developed municipalities who consumed vegetables contaminated with heavy metalsafter the floods. The smallest number of patients who underwent stomach adenocarcinoma surgery comes from the municipalitiessituated out of the flood plain, where farmland was not contaminated. It is concluded that most of the patients having stomachadenocarcinoma came from the municipalities with contaminated agricultural soil. The diet included vegetables, meat, and dairyproducts.
