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RESEARCH ROUND-UP

Stomach ulcer bacteria behind cancer risk

Helicobacter pylori may be responsible for virtually all cases of gastric cancer.

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News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010913-02

Published

13 September 2001

Helicobacter pylori is present in approximately half the population of the world. It can exist innocuously for decades but is strongly implicated in the development of gastrointestinal disorders and cancers. In 13 September New England Journal of Medicine Naomi Uemura and colleagues from the Kure Kyosai Hospital, Kure, Japan examined 1,526 patients who had duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers, gastric hyperplasia or nonulcer dyspepsia to ascertain how exposure to H. pylori related to incidence of cancer.

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