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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2015; 21(26): 8014-8020
Published online Jul 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i26.8014
Published online Jul 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i26.8014
Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas: A review
Naoki Asano, Katsunori Iijima, Tomoyuki Koike, Akira Imatani, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi 980-8574, Japan
Author contributions: Asano N, Iijima K, Koike T, Imatani A and Shimosegawa T were involved in editing the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Naoki Asano, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku Sendai Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. asanon@med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: March 18, 2015
Peer-review started: March 19, 2015
First decision: April 13, 2015
Revised: April 30, 2015
Accepted: June 9, 2015
Article in press: June 10, 2015
Published online: July 14, 2015
Peer-review started: March 19, 2015
First decision: April 13, 2015
Revised: April 30, 2015
Accepted: June 9, 2015
Article in press: June 10, 2015
Published online: July 14, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Although the majority of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma patients are infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), approximately 10% of patients do not have H. pylori infection. Recent studies have demonstrated that eradication therapy for H. pylori is effective not only for H. pylori-positive but also for H. pylori-negative gastric MALT lymphoma patients.