The association of Helicobacter pylori with intestinal type gastric adenocarcinoma in a Hawaii population.

dc.contributor.author Cheong, H
dc.contributor.author Char, P
dc.contributor.author Chang, Y
dc.contributor.author Shimoda, Stanley S.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-10-25T23:29:19Z
dc.date.available 2016-10-25T23:29:19Z
dc.date.issued 1997-12
dc.description.abstract American-Japanese in Hawaii with gastric cancer have characteristics intermediate to those in Japan and the mainland United States. Japanese and mainland U.S. studies have found Helicobacter pylori is associated with intestinal type gastric adenocarcinoma. The present Hawaii study confirmed this association which is independent of Japanese race (27.6% intestinal type and 4.5% diffuse type were H. pylori positive, p = 0.031, n = 80).
dc.identifier.issn 0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed 9447796
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10524/54000
dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject.mesh Adenocarcinoma/epidemiology/microbiology
dc.subject.mesh Aged
dc.subject.mesh Asian Americans
dc.subject.mesh Female
dc.subject.mesh Hawaii/epidemiology
dc.subject.mesh Helicobacter Infections/epidemiology
dc.subject.mesh Helicobacter pylori
dc.subject.mesh Humans
dc.subject.mesh Incidence
dc.subject.mesh Japan/ethnology
dc.subject.mesh Male
dc.subject.mesh Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh Stomach Neoplasms/epidemiology/microbiology
dc.subject.mesh United States/epidemiology
dc.title The association of Helicobacter pylori with intestinal type gastric adenocarcinoma in a Hawaii population.
dc.type Article
dc.type.dcmi Text
prism.number 12
prism.pagerange 348-9, 51
prism.publicationname Hawaii Medical Journal
prism.volume 56
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