Role of Helicobacter pylori in gastric cancer following partial gastrectomy for benign ulcer

Gastric Stump Cancer After Gastrectomy by Gastroduodenal Peptic Ulcer

“…However, its role in gastric stump cancer is unlikely, since the infection rate in these patients is lower. Furthermore, the gastric remnant is unfavorable environment for the colonization of microorganisms because of biliopancreatic alcaline reflux 5 , 6 .…”