Pepsinogen-II 100 bp ins/del gene polymorphism and its elevated circulating levels are associated with gastric cancer, particularly with Helicobacter pylori infection and intestinal metaplasia - Kumar, Sushil; Kumari, Niraj; Mittal, Rama D.; Ghoshal, Uday C. (Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2016)
Keywords: Abdominal Surgery; Adenocarcinoma - blood; Adenocarcinoma - etiology; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Biomarkers, Tumor - blood; Biomarkers, Tumor - genetics; Cancer Research; Case-Control Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Gastroenterology; Helicobacter Infections - complications; Helicobacter Infections - genetics; Helicobacter Infections - virology; Helicobacter pylori - genetics; Humans; Intestinal Neoplasms - blood; Intestinal Neoplasms - etiology; Intestinal Neoplasms - pathology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metaplasia - blood; Metaplasia - etiology; Metaplasia - pathology; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Staging; Oncology; Original Article; Pepsinogen C - blood; Pepsinogen C - genetics; Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics; Prognosis; Smoking - adverse effects; Stomach Neoplasms - blood; Stomach Neoplasms - etiology; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Surgical Oncology; Pepsinogen II polymorphism; Dyspepsia; Intestinal metaplasia; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori