Most patients with minimal histological residuals of gastric MALT lymphoma after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori can be managed safely by a watch and wait strategy: Experience from a large international series

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1685-1687

  Fischbach, Wolfgang ^a   Goebeler, M E ^b   Ruskone Fourmestraux, A ^c   Wundisch T ^d   Neubauer, A ^d   Raderer, M ^e   Savio, A ^f  

^a KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36749073306     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.096420     Document Type: Article

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