Fig. 1.

Flowchart of this study. MALT, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; HPE, Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy. *Combined with other malignances, including 12 gastric cancers, four colorectal cancers, three hepatocellular carcinomas, three papillary thyroid carcinomas, three lung cancers, three lymphomas, one cervical cancer, one neuroendocrine tumor, one esophageal cancer, one liposarcoma, and one metastatic adenocarcinoma with peritoneal seeding.