Association between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and digestive tract cancers.

CONCLUSION: Our findings support the finding that H pylori seropositivity is inversely associated with esophageal SCC risk, but increases the risk of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma.
PMID: 19916178 [PubMed - in process] (Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG) Go to Source

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