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Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer: Adaptive Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Disease Progression
21 Jan 2018
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the major risk factor associated with the development of gastric cancer. The transition from normal mucosa to non-atrophic gastritis, triggered primarily by H. pylori infection, initiates precancerous lesions which may then progress to atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. Further progression to dysplasia and gastric cancer is generally believed to be...
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