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H. pylori-Associated Gastric Cancer in a Husband-Wife Pair: A Veritable Family Affair
Southern Medical Journal, 11/09/09

Dasanu CA et al. – The authors report two cases of GC in a husband–wife pair of immigrants from Romania. Household family members of GC patients could be infected with a shared H. pylori strain, putting them at risk for developing the disease. Therefore, it may be justified to identify and eradicate the H. pylori infection in such family members early, before the neoplastic changes become irreversible.