Curing Helicobacter pylori infection does not prevent all gastric cancers.

2004 OCT 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Curing Helicobacter pylori infection does not prevent all gastric cancers.

According to investigators writing in the journal Gut, "Gastric cancer is a major health burden worldwide and prevention is the most promising strategy to control the disease."

"The available scientific evidence indicates that curing Helicobacter pylori infection results in a modest retardation of the precancerous process but does not prevent all cancers," P. Correa and colleagues said.

"Individuals at the highest risk should be cured of their infection and monitored endoscopically to detect dysplasia and "early" cancer, amenable to …