"This bacterium maintains a constant inflammation in the stomach, and this inflammation alters the lining of the stomach from the inside. It transforms the cells through metaplasia - which is a defensive tissue of the stomach - then dysplasia, a stage before cancer, and then cancer." The specialist in oncological surgery, Octavian Popescu, explains the reasons: "Being an aggressive disease, the entire stomach is removed along with all the lymph nodes through which the lymph drains from the stomach. It is a sensitive area because there are large blood vessels, very important because they supply the liver. Recent studies have shown that with the help of a robot, we can remove a greater number of lymph nodes where the lymph drains from the stomach, giving us a greater oncological chance of survival. There are techniques that make a stomach from the small intestine, a pouch is made from the intestine, and food accumulates there, mixing with digestive juices, and everything returns to almost normal over time." Octavian Popescu, specialist in oncological surgery: (translated)