Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is an increasingly prevalent, organ-specific, immune-mediated
disorder characterized by the destruction of gastric parietal cells, leading to the loss of …

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is an essential cofactor for two metabolic pathways. It is obtained
principally from food of animal origin. Cobalamin becomes bioavailable through a series of …

Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia (IM) are at risk for gastric
adenocarcinoma. This underscores the importance of diagnosis and risk stratification for …

Gastric adenocarcinoma carries a poor prognosis, in part due to the late stage of diagnosis.
Risk factors include Helicobacter pylori infection, family history of gastric cancer—in …

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third most common cause of cancer
death globally. Risk factors for the condition include Helicobacter pylori infection, age, high …

Gastric adenocarcinoma (GC) is the third leading cause of global cancer mortality, and the
leading infection-associated cancer with more than 1 million incident cases annually and …

Background The initial step for noncardia gastric carcinogenesis is atrophic gastritis, driven
by either Helicobacter pylori infection or autoimmunity. In recent decades, the prevalence …

Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is a chronic immune-mediated, inflammatory condition that
involves the destruction of the gastric oxyntic mucosa through the autoimmune-mediated …

Gastric cancer, 1 of the 5 most common causes of cancer death, is associated with a 5-year
overall survival rate less than 30%. A minority of cancers occurs as part of syndromic …

Vegetarianism in any of its various forms, particularly veganism, has been increasing in
popularity over the past few years, especially among the young population in the United …