Gastric cancer prevention from the point of helicobacter
Citation
Balaban, Y. H., Şimşek, H. ve Tatar, G. (2014). Gastric cancer prevention from the point of helicobacter. Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 25(4), 463-467. https://dx.doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2014.8112Abstract
When the first cancer estimates of world were made in 1975, gastric cancer (GC) was the most common neoplasm, making 70% of the total. Although its rate decreased to 6.8% in 2012, it is still the fifth most common malignancy after cancers of the lung, breast, colo-rectum, and prostate and the third leading cause of cancer death in both sexes worldwide (8.8%, 723,000 deaths) (1). Proximal (cardia) and distal (non-cardia) gastric adenocarcinomas have different epidemiological and clinical features. Although there is an increase in proximal GCs, most of the GCs are still distally located, and intestinal-type. H. pylori is an established trigger of gastric carcinogenesis; reversibility of precancerous conditions, including intestinal metaplasia (IM), after eradication treatment is a hot topic for research. Therefore, we read with great interest the study by Galiatsatos P et al. (2) on the sensitivity of gastric biopsy for H. pylori detection in the presence of IM. The data have once again emphasized the importance of using non-invasive tests and histopathology together in the presence of gastric IM.