Clinical and translational gastroenterology
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Clin Transl Gastroenterol · Feb 2020
Meta AnalysisRisk for Colorectal Neoplasia in Patients With Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Helicobacter pylori may reportedly be associated with extragastric malignancy beyond gastric cancer. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between H. pylori infection and colorectal neoplasia through a systematic review and meta-analysis. ⋯ Although this meta-analysis based on the observational studies could not show causality, it demonstrated that colorectal adenoma, advanced adenoma, and cancer were all associated with H. pylori infection.