Background The burden of gastric precancerous conditions and factors associated with their
detection have not been fully investigated in community‐based settings. Little is known …

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is a precancerous lesion of gastric cancer (GC) and is
considered an irreversible point of progression for GC. Helicobacter pylori infection can …

Helicobacter pylori genetic diversity and geographic distribution affect the severity of gastric
histology; while eradication heals gastritis, the improvement of atrophy and intestinal …

Abstract Background and Study Aims: The incisura angularis is considered to be a typical
site for Helicobacter pylori colonization, glandular atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, gastric …

We aimed to determine if changes in the patterns of upper gastrointestinal diseases at
endoscopy have occurred over the past decade. Retrospectively, 917 consecutive patients …

Oxyntic atrophy in the stomach leads to chief cell transdifferentiation into spasmolytic
polypeptide expressing metaplasia (SPEM). Investigations of preneoplastic metaplasias in …

The human pathogen Helicobacter pylori is the strongest known risk factor for gastric
disease and cancer, and gastric cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death …

Introduction: Despite being an overall safe drug, several long-term adverse effects are
associated with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). The link between PPI use and gastric …

Spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) is a trefoil factor 2-expressing
metaplasia in the fundic glands that resembles the fundic metaplasia of deep antral …

The importance of atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia is related to the fact that it
increases the risk of gastric cancer development. The aim of this study is to evaluate the …