title: Helicobacter pylori and gastric neoplasia: evolving concepts.
abstract: There is evidence that Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with gastric cancer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and possibly with non-ulcer dyspepsia. Eradication therapy for confirmed H. pylori infection may therefore become mandatory in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia severe enough to warrant endoscopy and in first-degree relatives of patients with gastric cancer. However, routine treatment of asymptomatic carriers awaits confirmation of the association with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bolin
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Korman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Talley
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology*; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000209:etiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*