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Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 8/2023

Open Access 30-05-2023 | Celiac Disease | IM - REVIEW

Gut inflammation and tumorigenesis: every site has a different tale to tell

Authors: Alessandro Vanoli, Paola Parente, Matteo Fassan, Luca Mastracci, Federica Grillo

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 8/2023

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Abstract

Gut inflammation has been correlated with cancerogenesis by disrupting gastrointestinal homeostasis. Numerous chronic inflammatory disorders of the tubular gastrointestinal tract (e.g., gastroesophageal reflux disease, Helicobacter pylori-induced and autoimmune chronic gastritis, celiac disease, and inflammatory bowel diseases) have been variably associated with an increased neoplastic risk. Gastrointestinal inflammation-induced neoplasms include epithelial tumors (esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine tumors, small bowel adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine tumors, and colorectal cancer) and lymphomas (such as gastric marginal zone lymphomas and enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma). In the last decades, numerous studies have investigated the pathogenetic mechanisms and the microenvironmental/microbiome changes that trigger genetic and/or epigenetic alterations eventually leading to tumorigenesis, often through a histologically recognizable inflammation-dysplasia-carcinoma cancerogenic sequence. In the present review, an overview of the current knowledge on the links between inflammatory diseases and neoplasms of the tubular GI tract, applying a site-by-site approach, is provided.
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Metadata
Title
Gut inflammation and tumorigenesis: every site has a different tale to tell
Authors
Alessandro Vanoli
Paola Parente
Matteo Fassan
Luca Mastracci
Federica Grillo
Publication date
30-05-2023
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 8/2023
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-023-03320-w

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