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Abstract
This review provides a state of the art description of gastric cancer etiology, the infectious agent, host factors, the precancerous cascade, clinical aspects, and prevention strategies. The biology of Helicobacter pylori, the primary causative agent, is discussed as well as the environmental factors that may modulate its effects.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23639637 PMCID: PMC3995345 DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2013.01.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterol Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-8553 Impact factor: 3.806