The gastric mucosa in gastric cancer patients in a low-incidence area

Genta, Robert M.; Pusztaszeri, Marc

doi:10.1097/01.meg.0000231753.58211.05

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The gastric mucosa in gastric cancer patients in a low-incidence area

ContributorsGenta, Robert M.; Pusztaszeri, Marc

Published inEuropean journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, vol. 18, no. 10, p. 1085-1093

Publication date2006

Abstract

Atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and pyloric metaplasia are frequent precursors of noncardial intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma in populations in which both gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori infection are common. We hypothesized that such lesions would be less prevalent in European gastric cancer patients.

Keywords

Adenocarcinoma/pathology/surgery
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Gastrectomy
Gastric Mucosa/pathology
Gastritis, Atrophic/pathology
Humans
Male
Metaplasia/pathology
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Precancerous Conditions/pathology
Pyloric Antrum/pathology
Specimen Handling/methods
Stomach Neoplasms/pathology/surgery

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de pathologie et immunologie

Citation (ISO format)

GENTA, Robert M., PUSZTASZERI, Marc. The gastric mucosa in gastric cancer patients in a low-incidence area. In: European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2006, vol. 18, n° 10, p. 1085–1093. doi: 10.1097/01.meg.0000231753.58211.05

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PID : unige:74683
DOI : 10.1097/01.meg.0000231753.58211.05
PMID : 16957515

Journal ISSN0954-691X

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