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PA and stomach cancer?

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are there any connections bewteen PA and stomach cancer?

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Yes there is, see:

patient.co.uk/doctor/pernic...

"Gastroscopy

This is appropriate on diagnosis to confirm gastric atrophy and exclude gastric cancer and polyps. Gastric cancer is two to three times more common in patients with pernicious anaemia than in matched controls.

Associated diseases[2]

People with pernicious anaemia are at increased risk of developing gastric cancer, and there is an association with other autoimmune diseases (including primary myxoedema, thyrotoxicosis, Hashimoto's disease, Addison's disease, and vitiligo)."

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