Family History of Gastric Cancer and Helicobacter pylori Treatment
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that eradicating H. Pylori in people with a family history of... Read More
New Report Counters Claims on the Origin of Gastric Cancer
A new study in Gastroenterology suggests that stem cells from the upper part of the stomach cause changes that can lead to... Read More
Risk factors and incidence of gastric cancer after detection of Helicobacter pylori infection: A large cohort study
A study of more than 370,000 veterans with H pylori infections published in Gastroenterology found an increased risk of gastric cancer in... Read More
Light to moderate amount of lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of cancer in Japan
A Japanese study published in the journal Cancer reports that even moderate alcohol consumption raises the risk of cancer and that the... Read More
Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers
Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that many people younger than 60 who develop gastric cancer have a genetically distinct form of the disease... Read More
Gastric Cancer Susceptability Marker Discovered
An international team of researchers discovered that a deficiency in factor USF1, coupled with low levels of the protein p53, can cause... Read More
Meat intake and risk of gastric cancer in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project
Researchers analyzed 22 studies involving more than 11,000 gastric cancer patients and determined that the consumption of red and processed meats raises... Read More
H. Pylori Infection Must Be Wiped Out to Cut Gastric Cancer Risk
A new study led by UPenn’s Perelman school shows that completely eradicating H. Pylori infection reduces the risk of gastric cancer.
Scientific American: What We Know about the Possible Carcinogen Found in Zantac
Concerned by the news that the widely used heartburn medication Zantac (ranitidine) was recalled due to a finding of a cancer-causing chemical?... Read More
Relationship between long-term use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer: A systematic analysis
A recent study of users of proton pump inhibitors to treat heartburn found that use of the drugs for 36 months or... Read More
