Case Report

H. pylori-Associated Gastric Cancer in a Husband-Wife Pair: A Veritable Family Affair

Abstract:Family environment probably represents a high route of transmission for H. pylori, a bacterium associated with gastric cancer (GC). We report two cases of GC in a husband-wife pair of immigrants from Romania. The disease was first diagnosed in the wife, and three years later in her husband of 55…

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