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Prevalence Of Gastric Mucosal Interleukin-1 Polymorphisms In Kenyan Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer, Kimang’A Nyerere, Shahin Sayed, Gunturu Revathi, Peter Ojwang, Viviene Matiru, Smita Devani, Mahesh Shah, Samuel Kariuki
Prevalence Of Gastric Mucosal Interleukin-1 Polymorphisms In Kenyan Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer, Kimang’A Nyerere, Shahin Sayed, Gunturu Revathi, Peter Ojwang, Viviene Matiru, Smita Devani, Mahesh Shah, Samuel Kariuki
Pathology, East Africa
Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of peptic ulceration, distal gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric lymphoma.1 Worldwide, gastric cancer is the second most common malignancy in men and women.1 According to data from the Nairobi Cancer Registry, gastric cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in adult males and the fifth most common in adult females. However, this may not represent the true situation because of under-reporting of cases. In the development of gastric cancer, environmental factors such as smoking, diet and, in particular, infection with H. pylori are significant.1 Based on epidemiological studies, the International Agency for Research on Cancer …