VITAL SIGNS; Stomach Cancer and a Common Germ

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Eradicating a common bacterium after stomach cancer surgery may reduce the risk that the cancer will recur, a new study reports. The germ, Helicobacter pylori, is also a cause of peptic ulcer.
Japanese researchers studied 544 patients with early stomach cancer. After their operations, half received an H. pylori eradication regimen, while the others received standard care. The patients were followed with periodic examinations over three years to see how many would develop recurrences.

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