Review article: what have we learnt from gastric biopsy?
Pathologists would claim that the most reliable information obtained on gastric diseases is pathology-based. This manuscript summarizes the four major biopsy-based contributions to the current knowledge of non-neoplastic gastric diseases: (i) the in vivo definition of gastritis; (ii) the recognition of the clinicopathological patterns of gastritis; (iii) the morphological links between gastritis and stomach cancer; and finally (iv) the recent information on the possible reversibility of early or advanced precancerous gastric lesions.
Rugge
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Department of Oncological & Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. massimo.rugge@unipd.it
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Guido
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D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology