RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Is gastric cancer preventable?
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1217
OP 1219
DO 10.1136/gut.2004.039834
VO 53
IS 9
A1 P Correa
YR 2004
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/9/1217.1.abstract
AB Gastric cancer is a major health burden worldwide and prevention is the most promising strategy to control the disease. The available scientific evidence indicates that curing Helicobacter pylori infection results in a modest retardation of the precancerous process but does not prevent all cancers. Individuals at the highest risk should be cured of their infection and monitored endoscopically to detect dysplasia and “early” cancer, amenable to successful treatment.