Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in advanced gastric carcinoma

BACKGROUD: There is substantial evidence that infection with Helicobacter pylori plays a role in the development of gastric cancer and that it is rarely found in gastric biopsy of atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. On advanced gastric tumors, the bacteria can be lost from the stomach. AIMS: To a...

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Main Authors: Irami Araújo-Filho, José Brandão-Neto, Laíza Araújo Mohana Pinheiro, Ítalo Medeiros Azevedo, Flávio Henrique Miranda Araújo Freire, Aldo Cunha Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2006-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032006000400009