The natural history of 'epidemic' intestinal-type gastric cancer provides consistent data that enable clinicians to design multidisciplinary strategies for secondary prevention. A recent paper by Dinis-Ribeiro et al. reports guidelines for the management of patients with precancerous stomach lesions.
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Rugge, M., Fassan, M. & Graham, D. Secondary prevention of gastric cancer. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 128–129 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.19
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