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- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016Association of preneoplastic gastric lesions and H. pyloriShow More
Dear Editor,
In 1994, Helicobacter pylori was declared a type 1 carcinogen—a definite cause of human cancer—by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).[1]
We read with interest the study by Mera et al.[1] on the effect of eradicating H. pylori infection on precancerous gastric lesions. Here the author Mera et al conclude that “Preneoplastic gastric lesions regress at a rate equal to the squ...
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None declared. - Published on: 18 April 2016Effect of H. pylori eradication on precancerous lesionsShow More
Dear Editor
We read with interest the paper by Mera et al1 on the effect of eradicating H. pylori infection on precancerous gastric lesions. However, we have concern regarding the extent to which the limited data provided in the paper support the authors’ conclusions of regression of atrophy and intestinal metaplasia following H. pylori eradication.
The main outcome reported was the average histological...
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