Prevalence of gastric precancerous lesions in Ardabil, a high incidence province for gastric adenocarcinoma in the northwest of Iran

Abstract

Endoscopic screening for upper gastrointestinal diseases was feasible and well tolerated in Ardabil, Iran. Most subjects showed H pylori infection. Atrophic gastritis, reactive atypia, and intestinal metaplasia were common in antrum, corpus, and cardia subsites.