Peptic ulcer as mediator of the association between risk of gastric cancer and socioeconomic status, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and salt intake.
Giulia CollatuzzoGianfranco AlicandroPaola BertuccioClaudio PelucchiRossella BonziDomenico PalliMonica FerraroniWeimin YeAmelie PlymothDavid ZaridzeDmitry MaximovichNuria AragonesGemma Castaño-VinyalsJesus VioqueManoli Garcia de la HeraZuo-Feng ZhangJinfu HuLizbeth Lopez-CarrilloMalaquías López-CervantesMichela DalmartelloLina MuMary H WardCharles RabkinGuo-Pei YuM Constanza CamargoMaria Paula CuradoNuno LunetEva NegriCarlo La VecchiaPaolo BoffettaPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2022)
Our study provides innovative information on the mechanism of stomach mucosal damage leading to PUD and GC, with respect to the effect of tobacco smoking in particular.