A high-salt diet worsens the carcinogenic effects of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that colonizes the stomachs of half of the world’s population.
Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with a particular burden in Latin America and eastern Asia.
Archived tissue samples are yielding new disease biomarkers.
Green tea may lower risk of some digestive cancers.
The stomach bug Helicobacter pylori increases forms of a protein that promote tumor development, perhaps explaining how it elevates risk for gastric cancer.
Socioeconomic factors, African ancestry linked to risk for cancer-causing infection.
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