H pylori rx, vitamins, and dec gastric cancer
A recent Chinese study found that H pylori treatment, as well as long-term vitamin or garlic supplementation, reduced the risk of death from gastric cancer ( see hpylori rx vitamins gastric cancer decrease bmj2019 in dropbox, or doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5016 ) Details: -- 3365 residents in a high risk region for gastric cancer (Shandong province): 2258 were seropositive for H pylori antibodies and randomized to H pylori treatment, vitamin supplementation, garlic supplementation, or their placebos -- the remaining 1107 H pylori seronegative participants were randomized to the same vitamin supplementation, garlic supplementation, or their placebos -- those with H pylori treatment were given amoxicillin 1 g BID and omeprazole 20 mg BID for 2 weeks; the vitamin groups received vitamin C 250 mg, vitamin E 100IU, and selenium 37.5 µg (all BID); and the garlic groups received garlic extract 200 mg BID and steam-distilled garlic oil 1 mg BID. The vitamin and garlic gr...