Published in Blood Weekly, September 14th, 2006
"Although accumulating evidence suggests that Helicobacter pylori plays a role in gastric carcinogenesis, the magnitude of the risk remains uncertain.
"We aimed to estimate the magnitude of the risk of gastric cancer associated with H. pylori infection by a large case-control study nested within a prospective cohort," investigators in Japan report.
According to S. Sasazuki and colleagues at the Japan National Cancer Center in Tokyo, "Possible effect modification by CagA status, and serum pepsinogen...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-09-14)
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