Presence of blood in gastric juice: A sensitive marker for gastric cancer screening in a poor resource setting.

BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer survival rates in Africa are low as many cases are diagnosed late. Currently, there are no inexpensive, non-invasive and simple techniques that can be employed in poor resource settings for early case detection. In this study, we explored the possibility using blood in gast...

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Main Authors: Violet Kayamba, Kanekwa Zyambo, Paul Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6188746?pdf=render