To investigate the association between atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer and to identify the risk and protective factors for the progression of atrophic gastritis to cancer, we conducted a prospective study on 5,373 subjects with neither cancer nor resected stomach who underwent gastroscopic exa
Fundal atrophic gastritis as a risk factor for gastric cancer
โ Scribed by Masaharu Tatsuta; Hiroyasu Iishi; Akihiko Nakaizumi; Shigeru Okuda; Haruo Taniguchi; Tomohiko Hiyama; Andhideaki Tsukuma; Akira Oshima
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 544 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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