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1. Will treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood alter the risk of developing gastric cancer?

This article discusses Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood as a risk factor for gastric cancer

Abstract:

Helicobacter pylori has been classified as a group 1 carcinogen for gastric cancer. It is estimated that there is between a two- and sixfold increase in the risk of developing gastric cancer among infected patients. Among different populations, the risk of H. pylori-infected individuals developing gastric cancer varies greatly. However, on a worldwide scale, gastric cancer is the second more...

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Can J Gastroenterol, Vol: 19 Page: 409-11 July 2005
B. Bourke

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