H. pylori infection increases the risk of gastric cancer
November 2001
There's growing evidence that H. pylori infection increases the risk of gastric cancer.
This association has long been suspected.
Now a large study shows that gastric cancer occurs more often in infected patients...and treatment might reduce this risk.
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