Nieves Martinez Lago, Specialist in the Field (FEA) of Medical Oncology at University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, shared a post on X:
” New NEJM Sounding Board: Gastric cancer prevention
- H. pylori = main cause
- Eradication ↓ GC incidence by 36%
- ↓ mortality by 22%
- IARC recommends population “screen-and-treat”
- Cost-effective, esp. in intermediate/high-risk areas
Population-level chance to reduce global GC burden.”
Title: Helicobacter pylori Screen-and-Treat Programs for Gastric Cancer Prevention — IARC Working Group Report
Authors: Jin Young Park, Yi-Chia Lee, Paul Moayyedi, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, M. Constanza Camargo, Bojan Tepeš, Christian C. Abnet, Il Ju Choi, Gary Clifford, Mario Dinis-Ribeiro, Markus Gerhard, Javier P. Gisbert, Karen J. Goodman, Joo Ha Hwang, Manami Inoue, Violet Kayamba, Marcis Leja, Wai Keung Leung, Wen-Qing Li, Peter Malfertheiner, Zorana Maravic, Tamara Matysiak-Budnik, Melissa McLeod, Francis Megraud, Eileen Morgan, Duco T. Mülder, Julie Parsonnet, Pempa Pempa, Guru Prasad Dhakal, Arnoldo Riquelme, Peter Sasieni, Stella Smith, Janet Takens, Andrea Teng, David Forman
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