Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage of Patients with Lung Cancer Using Real-Time PCR

Abstract

The results demonstrated an association between of lung cancer and <i>H. Pylori</i> infection via the hypothesis of direct damage and chronic inflammation through inhalation and aspiration and the systematic immune response induced by <i>H. pylori</i> colonization. <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, together with a host's genetic predisposition and other environmental risk factors, could be attributed to the induction of lung cancer.