Are Helicobacter pylori highly cytotoxic genotypes and cardia gastric adenocarcinoma linked? Lessons from Iran.

CONCLUSIONS: The H. pylori vacA c1 genotype, but not cagA status, might be the first important bacterial biomarker for predicting the cardia adenocarcinoma risk in male patients aged ⩾ 55 in Iran. PMID: 29036792 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Biomarkers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cancer Biomark Source Type: research