Surveillance of patients with gastric precancerous conditions

• Published in: Baillière's best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 913 - 922
• Main Authors: Lage, Jorge, MD, Medical Doctor and Master Degree, Uedo, Noriya, MD, Dinis-Ribeiro, Mário, MD, PhD, Yao, Kenshi, MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Atrophic gastritis; Cell cycle; Classification; Endoscopy; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Gastric cancer; Gastric intestinal metaplasia; Gastric Mucosa - pathology; Gastritis, Atrophic - diagnosis; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Helicobacter pylori; Humans; Infections; Inflammation; Medical prognosis; Metaplasia; Mortality; Mucous membrane; Population Surveillance; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Precancerous Conditions - diagnosis; Rodents; Stomach neoplasms; Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis; Surveillance; Tumors; Gastric intestinal metaplasia; Population surveillance; Helicobacter pylori; Atrophic gastritis; Stomach neoplasms

Abstract Intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma arises from a multistep process starting with Helicobacter pylori infection followed by gastric atrophy, gastric intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia. Indeed, patients with gastric precancerous conditions or lesions (GPC) are at increased risk to develo...