TY - JOUR T1 - Gastric precancerous lesion follow up based on pathological evidence JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 1007 LP - 1008 DO - 10.1136/jcp.2004.018069 VL - 57 IS - 9 AU - M Cassaro AU - G Pennelli AU - M Rugge AU - F Farinati AU - G Zaninotto Y1 - 2004/09/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/9/1007.2.abstract N2 - We read with interest the article by Dinis-Ribeiro et al addressing the follow up of “atrophic chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia (IM)”.1 The authors conclude that: (1) “in patients with atrophic chronic gastritis or with type I IM, a three yearly follow up could be suitable”; and (2) “patients with type III IM may benefit from 6–12 monthly (follow up?)”. How precancerous lesions are histologically assessed and followed up are fields of our interest and we would raise some methodological concerns about the published study. In assessing atrophy, it would be advisable to adopt the classification(s) proposed by the current international literature. The original … ER -