Association of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>‐dependent gastritis with gastric carcinomas in young Japanese patients: histopathological comparison of diffuse and intestinal type cancer cases

Abstract

As well as the high prevalence of H. pylori in young subjects with gastric cancer, it is clear that persistent infection induces mucosal damage, resulting in atrophy and intestinal metaplasia. Thus, acute/chronic gastritis could play an essential role in the early development of neoplasia in the stomach.