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Secondary prevention of gastric cancer

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The natural history of 'epidemic' intestinal-type gastric cancer provides consistent data that enable clinicians to design multidisciplinary strategies for secondary prevention. A recent paper by Dinis-Ribeiro et al. reports guidelines for the management of patients with precancerous stomach lesions.

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Figure 1: The OLGA staging systems frame.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, University of Padova, Via Aristide Gabelli 61, Padova, 35121, PD, Italy

    Massimo Rugge & Matteo Fassan

  2. Digestive Disease Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard (111D), Room 3A–320, Houston, 77030, TX, USA

    David Y. Graham

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Rugge, M., Fassan, M. & Graham, D. Secondary prevention of gastric cancer. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 128–129 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.19

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