A 100% effective H. pylori screening and treatment program could reduce cases by up to 75%. Even programs that are 80% to 90% effective would still prevent between 60% and 68% of stomach cancer cases.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) continues to be an important pathogen, associated with peptic ulcer disease, dyspepsia, and gastric cancer. The conventional triple combination of a PPI, clarithromycin ...

A common kind of bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, can cause an infection in your stomach that sometimes leads to ulcers. It also can raise your risk of stomach cancer.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that infects your stomach. It can cause sores and inflammation in the lining of your stomach or the upper part of your small intestine (the ...

Around 15% of Australians are infected. Helicobacter pylori normally infect the stomachs of children where, in most cases, they stay for ever.

Infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) increases the risk of some types of cancer, including stomach cancer. H. pylori causes a very small number of cancer cases in the UK. For most people, a ...

Helicobacter pyloricauses gastric adenocarcinoma in a minority of infected individuals. What have we learned about bacterial and host-specific factors that lead to malignancy, and what canH ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a common, contagious type of bacteria that infects the stomach lining. It can be transmitted through person to person contact.

Review Article Published: 01 January 2002 Helicobacter pylori and gastrointestinal tract adenocarcinomas Richard M. Peek Jr & Martin J. Blaser Nature Reviews Cancer 2, 28–37 (2002) Cite this article ...

A urea breath test is one way doctors may test for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Learn about the procedure, results, treatment, and more.