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Does the risk of stomach cancer remain among second-generation immigrants in Sweden?

Journal

GASTRIC CANCER
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 213-215

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0096-3

Keywords

Cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Risk; Second-generation immigrants; Stomach; Sweden

Funding

  1. German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
  2. Deutsche Krebshilfe
  3. Swedish Cancer Society
  4. Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
  5. EU [260715]

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The observed increased risks of noncardia stomach cancer among foreign-born second-generation immigrants compared to the Swedes suggest that these immigrants were infected by Helicobacter pylori before immigration.

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