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Gastric MALT lymphoma and its relationship toHelicobacter pylori infection: Management and pathogenesis of the disease by Morgner, Andrea; Bayerdrffer, Ekkehard; Neubauer, Andreas; Stolte, Manfred is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection is strongly associated with the development of primary gastric B cell lymphoma of MALT-type. Therapeutic decisions in primary gastric MALT lymphomas, e.g., the choice for gastric surgery or stomach-conserving treatments in the form of radio-, chemo-, or eradication therapy, should be based on an accurate histopathological diagnosis, grading and clinical staging. Primary gastric low-grade MALT-NHLs in an early clinical stage associated with H. pylori infection were shown to respond with complete remission in approximately 77% of cases upon successful cure of the infection as only treatment modality. The effect of curing H. pylori infection on the course of a high-grade gastric MALT lymphoma is largely uncertain but preliminary results indicate a possible benefit for patients with high-grade MALT lymphoma upon eradication therapy. Concerning the pathogenetic mechanisms of lymphomagenesis, there are many questions to be adressed in the near future. In general, it is still unclear what the exact mechanisms are which lead to the malignant transformation of a reactive infiltrate. Is there a molecular-genetic or immunological point of no return? What

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Author

Morgner, Andrea; Bayerdrffer, Ekkehard; Neubauer, Andreas; Stolte, Manfred

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1059-910X)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)