Antibody responses to Helicobacter pylori and risk of developing colorectal cancer in a European cohort

• Main Authors: Butt, Julia, Jenab, Mazda, Pawlita, Michael, Tjonneland, Anne, Kyro, Cecilie, Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine, Carbonnel, Franck, Dong, Catherine, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kuhn, Tilman, Boeing, Heiner, Schulze, Matthias B., Trichopoulou, Antonia, Karakatsani, Anna, La Vecchia, Carlo, Palli, Domenico, Agnoli, Claudia, Tumino, Rosario, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Panico, Salvatore, Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas, Vermeulen, Roel, Gram, Inger T., Weiderpass, Elisabete, Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen, Quiros, Jose Ramon, Agudo, Antonio, Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel, Santiuste, Carmen, Ardanaz, Eva, Van Guelpen, Bethany, Harlid, Sophia, Imaz, Liher, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Gunter, Marc J., Zouiouich, Semi, Park, Jin Young, Riboli, Elio, Cross, Amanda J., Heath, Alicia K., Waterboer, Tim, Hughes, David J.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Association for Cancer Research 2020
• Subjects: RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36564/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: While Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the major cause of gastric cancer, it has also been suggested to be involved in colorectal cancer development. However, prospective studies addressing H. pylori and colorectal cancer are sparse and inconclusive. We assessed the association of anti...