Friederike Weise, Michael Vieth, Dirk Reinhold, Johannes Haybaeck, Elisabetta Goni, Hans Lippert, Karsten Ridwelski, Philipp Lingohr, Claus Schildberg, Nikolaos Vassos, Martin Kruschewski, Iurii Krasniuk, Peter P Grimminger, Oliver Waidmann, Ulrich Peitz, Lothar Veits, Nicole Kreuser, Hauke Lang, Christiane Bruns, Markus Moehler, Florian Lordick, Ines Gockel, Johannes Schumacher, Peter Malfertheiner, Marino Venerito
OBJECTIVES: Patients with autoimmune gastritis (AIG) are reported to have an increased risk of developing gastric cancer (GC). In this study, we assess the characteristics and outcomes of GC patients with AIG in a multicenter case-control study. METHODS: Between April 2013 and May 2017, patients with GC, including cancers of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) Siewert type II and III, were recruited. Patients with histological characteristics of AIG were identified and matched in a 1:2 fashion for age and gender to GC patients with no AIG...
March 2020: United European Gastroenterology Journal