title: [Etiology of stomach carcinoma--opinions and facts--yesterday and today].
abstract: Recent research demonstrated that views on the etiology of gastric cancer, which had been considered true over decades do not correspond with the real situation. Therefore, efforts for primary prevention of gastric cancer could not be successful. The bacteria Helicobacter pylori is considered today to be an important but not the only etiologic factor of this disease. Eradication of this bacteria decreases the risk of gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Bundesinstitut füt gesundheitichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Berlin-Dahlem.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wettig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ziebarth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pötzsch
mesh_terms: D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Atiologie des Magenkarzinoms--Meinungen und Fakten--Gestern und Heute.