Chronic inflammation is linked to carcinogenesis, particularly in the digestive organs, ie, the
stomach, colon, and liver. The mechanism of this effect has, however, only partly been …

At the end of the last century, a far-sighted 'working party'held in Sydney, Australia
addressed the clinicopathological issues related to gastric inflammatory diseases. A few …

Autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis (AMAG) is associated with an increased risk of
gastric neoplasms. This study aimed to systematically analyze the incidence rate of gastric …

METHODS: A prospective single-center cohort of patients with corpus-restricted atrophic
gastritis adhering to endoscopic-histological surveillance was considered. Follow-up …

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), which denotes conversion of gastric mucosa into an
intestinal phenotype, can occur in all regions of the stomach, including cardiac, fundic, and …

The prevalence of gastric cancer has markedly declined, but due to the high mortality rates
associated with gastric cancer, it is still a serious disease. The preferred classification of …

Despite a global decrease, gastric cancer (GC) incidence appears to be increasing recently
in young, particularly female, patients. The causal mechanism for this “new” type of GC is …

BACKGROUND Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is a progressive, chronic, immune-mediated
inflammatory disease characterized by the destruction of gastric parietal cells leading to …

Objectives To explore the prevalence, characteristics, age distribution and etiology changes
of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in South China. Methods This study included all patients …

BACKGROUND The incidence of type I gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms (gNENs) has
increased significantly over the past 50 years. Although autoimmune gastritis (AIG) …