Article
Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer: the causal relationship.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2007
Peter Shajan, Beglinger Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer has been recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Helicobacter pylori has been shown to have a causal relationship to gastric cancer. The knowledge into the mechanisms related to this has advanced considerably over the last few years thereby unarguably defining the role of this host-pathogen interaction. Epidemiological studies, research in animal models,...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Animals
- Gastritis
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Stomach Neoplasms
