Pathogenesis and potential reversibility of intestinal metaplasia − a milestone in gastric carcinogenesis
Categoria dell'articolo: Review
Pubblicato online: 21 apr 2024
Pagine: 186 - 195
Ricevuto: 03 nov 2023
Accettato: 19 mar 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2024-0028
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© 2024 Jan Drnovsek et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Background
Non-cardia gastric cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, despite declining incidence rates in many industrialized countries. The development of intestinal-type gastric cancer occurs through a multistep process in which normal mucosa is sequentially transformed into hyperproliferative epithelium, followed by metaplastic processes leading to carcinogenesis. Chronic infection with
Conclusions
Gastric intestinal metaplasia no longer appears to be an irreversible precancerous lesion. However, there are still many controversies regarding the improvement of intestinal metaplasia after