Gastric Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2005; 11(39): 6096-6103
Published online Oct 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6096
Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma: Evidence of age-dependence among a Mexican population
Roberto Herrera-Goepfert, Suminori Akiba, Chihaya Koriyama, Shan Ding, Edgardo Reyes, Tetsuhiko Itoh, Yoshie Minakami, Yoshito Eizuru
Roberto Herrera-Goepfert, Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Suminori Akiba, Chihaya Koriyama, Shan Ding, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan}
Edgardo Reyes, Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Méicas y de la Nutrición "Salvador ZubiráN" Mexico City, Mexico
Tetsuhiko Itoh, Department of Pathology, Kagoshima Institute of Preventive Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan
Yoshie Minakami, Yoshito Eizuru, Division of Oncogenic and Persistent Viruses, Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by a Grant No. 12218231 from Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan
Correspondence to: Roberto Herrera-Goepfert, MD, Departamento de Patología Instituto Nacional de Cancerología , Av. San Fernando #22, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, MVI, Tlalpan, Méicoico DF 14080, Mexico. rhgoepfert@yahoo.com.mx
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Received: April 15, 2005
Revised: May 23, 2005
Accepted: May 24, 2005
Published online: October 21, 2005
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