Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

US-Japan Cooperative Cancer Research Program Seminar on Helicobacter and Gastric Cancer

Daizo Saito¹, Jerry M. Rice^2,3

¹Division of Gastroenterology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²National Cancer Institute, Frederick and Bethesda, MD, USA and ³Present address: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Introduction

The bacterium now known as Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) was first isolated in1983 from endoscopic biopsy specimens of human gastric mucosa from patients with gastritis and peptic ulcers (1). Its pathological significance has become increasingly appreciated since that time. It was identified as the principal cause of peptic ulcer at an NIH Consensus Development Conference in 1994 (2) and was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Epidemiology and Pathology

Gene diversity and virulence

Immunoresponse and Vaccination

Eradication: Gastric lymphoma

Helicobacter species other than H.pylori

Problems to be solved

References

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