High ‐risk symptoms do not predict gastric cancer precursors

ConclusionsPerformance of upper endoscopy for high ‐risk indications is inadequate to detect GIM and marginal for malignancy. At risk patients should undergo upper endoscopy for both low‐ and high‐risk symptoms. Screening certain populations deserve additional study and may, in fact, be cost‐effective.

Source: Helicobacter - November 9, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ben Da, Niraj Jani, Nikhil Gupta, Preeth Jayaram, Ravi Kankotia, Chung Yao Yu, Mario Dinis ‐Ribeiro, James Buxbaum Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research