- (2003) Volume 4, Issue 4
Gianpiero Manes1*, Antonio Balzano1, Dino Vaira2
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| Corresponding Author: Dino Vaira Clinica Medica I Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology University of Bologna S. Orsola Hospital, Nuove Patologie via Massarenti, 9 40138 Bologna Italy Tel +39-051-636.4140 Fax +39-051-398.794 E-mail vairadin@med.unibo.it |
| Received: June 25th, 2003 |
Keywords |
| Carcinogens; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Helicobacter; Helicobacter pylori; Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue; Organisms Category; Pancreatic Diseases; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Risk Factors |
REPLY |
| Dear Sir, |
| We thank Dr. Wöhrer and colleagues for their comments [1] on our review article [2] on Helicobacter pylori and the pancreas. The connection between the bacterial infection and pancreatic cancer could become an intriguing field of research. The epidemiological data which exist today are the only such data which support the reliability of this association. The mechanisms by which a chronic Helicobacter pylori infection may favour the onset of pancreatic cancer as well as the fact that curing the infection may reduce the occurrence of the disease in high risk patients (patients with chronic pancreatitis for example) should be the object of further investigations. |
