Guido Manfredi, Marianna Pedaci, Elena Iiritano, Saverio Alicante, Samanta Romeo, Roberto Bertè, Claudio Londoni, Fernanda Menozzi, Gianfranco Brambilla, Raffaele Pezzilli, Angelo Zullo, Elisabetta Buscarini
OBJECTIVE: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is the point of no return in gastric carcinogenesis, and patients with extensive (antrum plus corpus) IM are at high risk of developing gastric cancer. We evaluated the impact of improved gastroscopy quality on the detection of gastric IM in an Italian area at high risk for gastric cancer. METHODS: Data of consecutive patients with gastric biopsies according to the updated Sydney System observed in 2013, 2016 and 2019 resulting in IM diagnosis were retrieved...
March 1, 2023: European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology