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Moldovan Journal of Health Sciences

Despite worldwide decreasing trends in the incidence of gastric cancer, the disease remains a significant global health burden, one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide, and its prevention is a priority for the health system. Intestinal-type gastric carcinoma originates in dysplastic epithelium, which, in turn, develops in the environment of chronic atrophic gastritis and gastric intestinal metaplasia.

MALT lymphoma is the most common type of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In two-thirds of cases, it originates in the stomach and is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. It presents a complex clinical picture, that can resemble multiple conditions, and typically follows a benign course