Table 1

Summary of preoperative biopsy and resection data of patients with an EBV carrying gastric carcinoma of the intact stomach

Preoperative biopsyResection
CaseSexYearDiagnosisEBVYearDiagnosisEBVLaurén typeDiff.Loc.
CAG, chronic atrophic gastritis; D, diffuse type; Diff., differentiation; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; F, female; I, intestinal type; IM, intestinal metaplasia; Loc., localisation; LGD, low grade dysplasia; M, male; MD, moderate dysplasia; NB, no biopsy available; NE, normal epithelium; P, poorly.
The presence of EBV was tested by EBV encoded RNA in situ hybridisation; the numbers in parenthesis indicate the frequency of the lesion tested for EBV.
1F1985Carcinoma+1986Carcinoma (3×)+IMoCardia
CAGIM (2×)
IMNE (3×)
LGD
MD
2M1986Carcinoma+1986Carcinoma (3×)+IPCardia
IMIM (2×)
NENE (2×)
3M1987Carcinoma+1987Carcinoma (2×)+IPCardia
NEIM (1×)
IMNE (2×)
LGD
4F1989Carcinoma+1989Carcinoma (2×)+DPAntrum
CAG (1×)
NE (1×)
5M1994Carcinoma+1994Carcinoma (2×)+IPCardia
IMCAG (1×)
NENE (3×)
6M1993Carcinoma+1993Carcinoma (2×)+IPAntrum
NEIM (1×)
CAG (1×)
NE (2×)
7FNB1991Carcinoma (2×)+IPCorpus
CAG (1×)
NE (1×)
8MNB1984Carcinoma (2×)+IPCardia
IM (1×)
CAG (1×)
NE (2×)
9MNB1984Carcinoma (5×)+IPCardia
IM (3×)
CAG (2×)
NE (7×)
10MNB1983Carcinoma (3×)+IPCardia
IM (2×)
NE (2×)
11M2003Carcinoma+2003Carcinoma (2×)+IPCardia
IM (2×)
CAG (2×)