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Characterization of Gastric Cardia Tumors: Differences in Helicobacter pylori Strains and Genetic Polymorphisms.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Sept 2015
da Costa Débora Menezes, Dos Santos Pereira Eliane, de Lima Silva-Fernandes Isabelle Joyce, Ferreira Márcia Valéria Pitombeira, Rabenhorst Silvia Helena Barem
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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer results from a multifactorial process and is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. These tumors can arise in the distal stomach (non-cardia) and in the cardia region, presenting different characteristics and frequency of occurrence worldwide. AIMS: To search for differences between tumors of different locations that could explain the presence of cardia tumors, considering...
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