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Equivalent Helicobacter pylori infection rates in Lynch syndrome mutation carriers with and without a first-degree relative with gastric cancer.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Mar 2016
Soer Eline C, Leicher Laura W, Langers Alexandra M J, van de Meeberg Paul C, van der Wouden Egbert-Jan, Koornstra Jan Jakob, Bigirwamungu-Bargeman Marloes, Vasen Hans F A, de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel Wouter H
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BACKGROUND: Patients with Lynch syndrome (LS) are at an increased risk of developing gastric cancer. In 2010, a guideline that recommended to screen all patients for Helicobacter pylori was implemented in the Netherlands. H. pylori is an important risk factor in the development of gastric cancer in the general population, and eradication of the bacterium reduces this risk. We aimed to assess the proportion of LS...
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