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Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer.
Helicobacter - 1 Sept 2015
Figueiredo Ceu, Costa Susana, Karameris Andreas, Machado Jose Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. GC is a heterogeneous disease and the endpoint of a long multistep process largely influenced by Helicobacter pylori infection, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors. In a subset of GC cases, infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may also be involved. The development of GC is...
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