Global burden of gastric cancer attributable to Helicobacter pylori

Volume: 136, Issue: 2, Pages: 487 - 490
Published: Jan 15, 2015
Abstract
We previously estimated that 660,000 cases of cancer in the year 2008 were attributable to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), corresponding to 5.2% of the 12.7 million total cancer cases that occurred worldwide. In recent years, evidence has accumulated that immunoblot (western blot) is more sensitive for detection of anti-H. pylori antibodies than ELISA, the detection method used in our previous analysis. The purpose of this short...
Paper Details
Title
Global burden of gastric cancer attributable to Helicobacter pylori
Published Date
Jan 15, 2015
Volume
136
Issue
2
Pages
487 - 490
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