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The Human Gastric Pathogen<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>and Its Association with Gastric Cancer and Ulcer Disease
2011-07-18
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With the momentous discovery in the 1980's that a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori , can cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, antibiotic therapies and prophylactic measures have been successful, only in part, in reducing the global burden of these diseases. To date, ~700,000 deaths worldwide are still attributable annually to gastric cancer alone. Here, we review H. pylori' s contribution to the epidemiolo...
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- DOI
- 10.1155/2011/340157