Is it time to screen and treat H pylori to prevent gastric cancer?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9636, 2008, Pages 350-352

  Talley, Nicholas J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ERADICATION THERAPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; JAPANESE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48149086404     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61136-8     Document Type: Note

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