Low-grade gastric lymphomas present with H. pylori show regression with antibiotic treatment.
Executive Summary
GASTRIC LYMPHOMAS PRESENT WITH H. PYLORI REGRESSED AFTER ANTIBIOTIC treatment and were eradicated completely in 36 of 37 evaluable patients, G. Pinotti, MD, Servizio Oncologico Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland, reported May 22 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Los Angeles. A total of 40 patients with low-grade MALT (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoma Tissue) lymphoma were treated with antibiotics alone, as opposed to chemotherapy or surgery.
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