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INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 1-6Publisher
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.1
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atrophic gastritis; intestinal metaplasia
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According to several prospective controlled epidemiologic studies, the positive rate of H. pylori antibody was showen to be higher in the patients with gastric cancer than in the control group. Retrospective studies on the association between gastric cancer and H. pylori have been conducted in a large number of subjects and the results can be classified broadly into two categories, i.e., findings affirming an association and others denying it. Research concerning the association between gastric cancer and H. pylori has achieved great progress over time, leading to the recognition of this relationship by the WHO. One of the greatest concerns is to ascertain whether the final outcome of H. pylori-induced gastritis may lead to gastric cancer. The onset of gastric cancer can be explained as being caused not only by H. pylori infection, but also by a combination of various factors such as food and the environment. However, the possibility that the occurrence of gastric cancer, like the recurrence of peptic ulcer, can be prevented by eradication of H. pylori has also been suggested. Further progress in clinical research is needed to resolve this issue.
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