Antibiotics for H. Pylori Decrease Gastric Cancer Risk
by Edward Marks from Outbreak News Today on (#FV3K)
In a systematic review of six in-person trials in Asian populations, the Cochrane Upper GI and Pancreatic Diseases Group showed that antibiotics given to individuals testing positive for Helicobacter pylori decreased the likelihood of those individuals developing gastric neoplasias (cancers). H.pylori is a gastric bacterium that can cause peptic ulcers and cancers in many individuals. ["]
