Gastric cancer: Risk analysis
Nature Reviews Cancer 18, 66 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrc.2018.9
Author: Ulrike Harjes
Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a pre-cancerous condition, and connected with an increased risk of developing intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma, the most common form of gastric cancer (GC). However, only a small subset of IM patients develop GC. In a 10-year prospective study, Huang, Ramnarayanan, Zhu, Srivastava
Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ulrike Harjes Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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