title: Gastric cancer: overview.
abstract: This review provides a state of the art description of gastric cancer etiology, the infectious agent, host factors, the precancerous cascade, clinical aspects, and prevention strategies. The biology of Helicobacter pylori, the primary causative agent, is discussed as well as the environmental factors that may modulate its effects.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. pelayo.correa@vanderbilt.edu
authors: Pelayo
authors: P
authors: Correa
mesh_terms: D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
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