Gastritis staging in the endoscopic follow-up for the secondary prevention of gastric cancer: a 5-year prospective study of 1755 patients

Rugge, Massimo; Meggio, Alberto; Pravadelli, Cecilia; Barbareschi, Mattia; Fassan, Matteo; Gentilini, Maria; Zorzi, Manuel; de Pretis, Giovanni; Y. Graham, David; M. Genta, Robert

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314600

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Gastritis staging in the endoscopic follow-up for the secondary prevention of gastric cancer: a 5-year prospective study of 1755 patients

Published in Gut • Jan 6, 2018

Authors:

Massimo Rugge

Alberto Meggio

Cecilia Pravadelli

Abstract

Objective Operative link on gastritis assessment (OLGA) staging for gastritis ranks the risk for gastric cancer (GC) in progressive stages (0–IV). This prospective study aimed at quantifying the cancer risk associated with each gastritis stage. Design A cohort of 1755 consecutive patients with dyspe...

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Medicine

Internal medicine

Stage (stratigraphy)

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