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Risk of advanced gastric precancerous lesions in Helicobacter pylori infected subjects is influenced by ABO blood group and cagA status.
International journal of cancer - 15 Jul 2013
Rizzato Cosmeri, Kato Ikuko, Plummer Martyn, Muñoz Nubia, Stein Angelika, Jan van Doorn Leen, Franceschi Silvia, Canzian Federico
Abstract excerpt
A higher incidence of stomach cancer in ABO blood type A individuals than in those with blood type O has been known for a long time. We studied this association in relation to Helicobacter pylori (Hp) of different cagA status. For our study, we used baseline gastric histopathology data and DNAs from frozen gastric biopsies of 2,077 subjects enrolled in a chemoprevention trial for gastric precancerous lesions in...
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