PURPOSE: High-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas of the stomach are generally believed to be Helicobacter pylori-independent, autonomously growing tumors. However, anecdotal cases of regression of high-grade lymphomas after the cure of H pylori infection had been described. The ...
Helicobacter pylori(HP) infects approximately 36% of the United States (US) population1, although there is variation in prevalence by birth cohort, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and immigration status, among other factors2,3,4,5. Chronic HP infection invariably causes gastric inflammation;...