Association of seropositivity to Helicobacter species and biliary tract cancer in the ATBC study
Gwen Murphy, Angelika Michel, Philip R. Taylor, Demetrius Albanes, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Jarmo Virtamo, Dominick Parisi, Kirk Snyder, Julia Butt, Katherine A. McGlynn, Jill Koshiol, Michael Pawlita, Gabriel Y. Lai, Christian C. Abnet, Sanford M. Dawsey, Neal D. Freedman – 2 May 2014 – Helicobacter have been detected in human bile and hepatobiliary tissue. Despite evidence that Helicobacter species promote gallstone formation and hepatobiliary tumors in laboratory studies, it remains unclear whether Helicobacter species contribute to these cancers in humans.