Open AccessPrevalence of Helicobacter pylori Positive Non-cardia Gastric Adenocarcinoma Is Low and Decreasing in a US Population
Author(s) -
Theresa Nguyen Wenker,
Niharika Mallepally,
Tariq Hammad,
Yan Liu,
Aaron P. Thrift,
Hashem B. El–Serag,
Mimi C. Tan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
digestive diseases and sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1573-2568
pISSN - 0163-2116
DOI - 10.1007/s10620-019-05955-2
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , helicobacter pylori , cancer , histopathology , atrophic gastritis , gastritis , serology , adenocarcinoma , intestinal metaplasia , biopsy , hepatology , antibody , pathology , immunology
Helicobacter pylori infection is an established causal factor for non-cardia gastric cancer. H. pylori negative gastric cancer prevalence among US patients is unclear.