胃癌的病理研究与流行病学分析相结合而产生的病理流行病学(Pathoepidemiology)是胃癌研究的重大进展,它是胃癌研究的新课题,为胃癌病因研究开辟了新途径。胃癌的病理流行病学研究主要有两个方面,一方面是探讨胃癌的病理分型在人群中的分布特点,这方面的研究开展得较早;另一方面是研究胃癌前兆(Precusor)与胃癌分布的关系,目前研究得较多,并不断深入。现将上述两方面的主要文献综述如下。 Patho-epidemicology, which is a combination of pathological study and epidemiological analysis of gastric cancer, is a major development in gastric cancer research. It is a new topic in the study of gastric cancer and opens up new avenues for the study of gastric cancer etiology. The pathological epidemiology of gastric cancer has two main aspects. On the one hand, it explores the distribution characteristics of gastric cancer pathotypes in the population. The research in this area is carried out earlier; on the other hand, Precusor and gastric cancer are studied. The relationship between distributions is currently studied more and further. The main documents of the above two aspects are summarized below.