[Antral biopsy in the prevention of gastric disease]

Approximately 1% of the gastric neoplasies are nowadays associated with the infection of the gastric mucus by Helicobacter pylori. In view of the fact that its prevalency is very high and that it does not exist any objective and universal estimator in its diagnosis but the digestive endoscopy and biopsy, it is proposed, in candidate patients for a digestive endoscopy, although the explorer observes an endoscopic normality, to carry out, systematically, and antral biopsy for its subsequent diagnosis, treatment and prevention both of the gastric pathology and the infection by Helicobacter pylori.