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SUBMITTER: Michigami Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5645329 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Michigami Yuki Y Watari Jiro J Ito Chiyomi C Hara Ken K Yamasaki Takahisa T Kondo Takashi T Kono Tomoaki T Tozawa Katsuyuki K Tomita Toshihiko T Oshima Tadayuki T Fukui Hirokazu H Morimoto Takeshi T Das Kiron M KM Miwa Hiroto H
Scientific reports 20171017 1
The risk of gastric cancer (GC) remains even after H. pylori eradication; thus, other combination treatments, such as chemopreventive drugs, are needed. We evaluated the effects of aspirin on genetic/epigenetic alterations in precancerous conditions, i.e., atrophic mucosa (AM) and intestinal metaplasia (IM), in patients with chronic gastritis who had taken aspirin for more than 3 years. A total of 221 biopsy specimens from 74 patients, including atrophic gastritis (AG) cases without aspirin use ...[more]