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In 1993, a National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference declared infection with Helicobacter pylori to be an important cause of duodenal and gastric ulcers.¹ Soon thereafter, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified H. pylori as a group 1 carcinogen, a definite cause of gastric adenocarcinoma in humans.² In this issue of the Journal, Hansson and colleagues report that patients with duodenal ulcers have a decreased risk of gastric cancer, whereas those with gastric ulcers have an increased risk.³ Thus, a paradox in the epidemiology of gastric disease is unmasked. The incidence of gastric cancer correlates positively with the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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