Pepsinogen Levels in Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Helicobacter 2015
Z Dambe, Sergejs Isajevs, Daiga Santare, Inese Poļaka, G Ancans, A Sivins, Roberts Skapars, Ieva Lasina, Dace Rudzīte, U Vikmanis, V Boka, Mārcis Leja

Decreased pepsinogen (Pg) levels indicate gastric atrophy and are suggested for gastric cancer screening, particularly for intestinal type of gas- tric cancer. To achieve high sensitivity of the screening, the majority of gastric cancer cases would be expected to present with low pepsinogen levels.

Keywords
Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Microbiology
DOI
10.1111/hel.12262
Hyperlink
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hel.12262/epdf

Dambe, Z., Isajevs, S., Santare, D., Poļaka, I., Ancans, G., Sivins, A., Skapars, R., Lasina, I., Rudzīte, D., Vikmanis, U., Boka, V., Leja, M. Pepsinogen Levels in Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma. Helicobacter, 2015, Vol.20, Iss. Suppl. S1, pp.106-106. ISSN 1083-4389. e-ISSN 1523-5378. Available from: doi:10.1111/hel.12262

Publication language
English (en)