Low prevalence of Epstein–Barr virus in incident gastric adenocarcinomas from the United Kingdom

Epstein–Barr virus has been associated with a proportion of typical gastric adenocarcinomas. Here we report that the prevalence of Epstein–Barr virus in gastric adenocarcinomas from the United Kingdom is one of the lowest in the World. Gastric adenocarcinoma is another tumour whose association with...

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Autores principales: Burgess, D E, Woodman, C B, Flavell, K J, Rowlands, D C, Crocker, J, Scott, K, Biddulph, J P, Young, L S, Murray, P G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11875729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600107
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Sumario:Epstein–Barr virus has been associated with a proportion of typical gastric adenocarcinomas. Here we report that the prevalence of Epstein–Barr virus in gastric adenocarcinomas from the United Kingdom is one of the lowest in the World. Gastric adenocarcinoma is another tumour whose association with Epstein–Barr virus varies with the population studied. British Journal of Cancer (2002) 86, 702–704. DOI: 10.1038/sj/bjc/6600107 www.bjcancer.com © 2002 Cancer Research UK

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