Columbia team finds that gastrin plays significant role in helicobacter-induced stomach cancer
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
A group led by Columbia University Medical Center's Timothy Wang, M.D., has studied the role of Helicobacter infection in the development of stomach cancer and found that the hormone gastrin, which stimulates secretion of gastric acid, plays a key role in the development of Helicobacter-induced stomach cancer, and may have distinct effects on carcinogenesis in different parts of the stomach.