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Helicobacter pylori dupA and gastric acid secretion are negatively associated with gastric cancer development.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2010
Imagawa Shinobu, Ito Masanori, Yoshihara Masaharu, Eguchi Hidetaka, Tanaka Shinji, Chayama Kazuaki
Abstract excerpt
Few reports have described the cancer prevalence of peptic ulcer patients with long-term follow-up studies. We have conducted a long-term retrospective cohort study of Japanese peptic ulcer patients and evaluated the risk factors for the occurrence of gastric cancer (GCa). A total of 136 patients diagnosed with peptic ulcers from 1975 to 1983 were enrolled. These 136 cases [102 males and 34 females; 69 gastric...
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