Incomplete type of intestinal metaplasia has the highest risk to progress to gastric cancer: results of the Spanish follow‐up multicenter study

A. González, Carlos; Miguel Sanz‐Anquela, José; Companioni, Osmel; Bonet, Catalina; Berdasco, María; López, Consuelo; Mendoza, Jorge; Dolores Martín-Arranz, M.; Rey, Enrique; Poves, Elvira; Espinosa, Laura; Barrio, Jésus; Ángeles Torres, Ma; Cuatrecasas, Míriam; Elizalde, Ignasi; Bujanda, Luís; Garmendia, Maddi; Ferrández, Ángel; Muñoz, Guillermo; Andreu, Victòria; José Paúles, María; Lario, Sergio; Ramírez, M.; group, Study; P. Gisbert, Javier

doi:10.1111/jgh.13249

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Incomplete type of intestinal metaplasia has the highest risk to progress to gastric cancer: results of the Spanish follow‐up multicenter study

Published in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology • Dec 2, 2015

Authors:

Carlos A. González

José Miguel Sanz‐Anquela

Osmel Companioni

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIM: In high or moderate risk populations, periodic surveillance of patients at risk of progression from gastric precursor lesions (PL) to gastric cancer (GC) is the most effective strategy for reducing the burden of GC. Incomplete type of intestinal metaplasia (IIM) may be considered...

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Medicine

Intestinal metaplasia

Internal medicine

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