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A new study indicates that the microorganism is linked to the development of tumor lesions and should be exterminated by antibiotics
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The risk of tumor progression was much lower in the group of patients
(19659010) Helicobacter pylori is more common than one imagines: it is estimated that about 50 to 60% of the world's population have this small animal living in the stomach.It enters the body by contaminated food and in some cases may contribute to the development of cancer in this region.
Up to now, studies have shown that this microscopic being was one of the causes of gastric lymphoma a more rare type of tumor.However, a study of the National Cancer Center of South Korea published in The New England Journal of Medicine states that he would also have a role in adenocarcinoma Another problem that strikes the walls of
Pharmaceutical counter-attack
Korean work also showed that the treatment of this bacterium in the early stage of cancer is linked to a better prognosis . To reach this conclusion, the experts recruited 470 volunteers with the disease well at first. They were divided into two groups: the first took antibiotics to kill such H. pylori and the second received only one tablet without any obvious therapeutic effect.
After some time, 14% of individuals in the second group showed tumor progression at a more serious stage, before 7% of those who had received the true remedy. "This shows us that every patient with gastric adenocarcinoma should receive, in addition to chemotherapy or surgery, drugs to treat bacterial infections," says dental surgeon Marcos Belotto, of Hospital Sírio-Libanês de São Paulo.
To find out if the microorganism has taken over the stomach, it is possible to do three different tests, including endoscopy, blood test and a respiratory evaluation. The doctor will only order them if there is a significant and long-term gastrointestinal problem such as stomach pain, poor digestion and a burning sensation.
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