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Novel treatment for gastric intestinal metaplasia, a precursor to cancer

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is precancerous with a worldwide prevalence of 25%. Eradicating Helicobacter pylori prevented about half of gastric cancers; failure to prevent the rest was attributed to GIM. GIM is irreversible and often extensive. There is no treatment. Exis...

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Autores principales: Lam, Shiu Kum, Lau, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12318