The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Helicobacter pylori therapy for the prevention of metachronous gastric cancer. N Engl J Med 2018; 378: 1085-1095.

Published: 17th May 2018

Authors: Choi IJ, Kook M-C, Kim Y-I, Cho S-J, Lee JY, Kim CG et al.

Conclusion

A total of 396 patients who had resection of an early gastric cancer or high grade adenoma were evaluable. At median follow-up of 5.9 years, a second gastric cancer occurred in 7.2 per cent of antibiotic treated patients versus 13.4 per cent of controls; P=0.03.

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