Gastrectomy and subsequent risk of oesophageal cancer in Milan.

Carlo La Vecchia; Barbara D’Avanzo; Eva Negri; Silvia Franceschi; Peter Boyle

doi:10.1136/jech.48.3.310

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Since gastrectomy may cause gastric hypoacidity and favour oesophageal reflux, and hence oesophagitis, the results of this study, if confirmed, are of interest to a better understanding of the mechanisms of oesophageal carcinogenesis.

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