Association between Epstein-Barr virus infection and gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ahmad TavakoliSeyed Hamidreza MonavariFarid Solaymani MohammadiSeyed Jalal KianiSaber ArmatMohammad Farahmand

Published in: BMC cancer (2020)

EBV infection is associated with more than 18 times increase the risk of gastric cancer. Although the prevalence of EBV was higher in male patients than in female patients with gastric cancer, women are more likely than men to develop EBV-associated gastric cancer. Our findings showed that using tumor-adjacent normal tissues as the control group provides more robust and accurate results regarding the relationship between EBV infection and gastric cancer.

Keyphrases

epstein barr virus
diffuse large b cell lymphoma
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
gene expression
end stage renal disease
high resolution
mass spectrometry
prognostic factors
pregnant women
polycystic ovary syndrome
insulin resistance
pregnancy outcomes