The chance of cancer is related to the severity of atrophic gastritis, there is no fixed chance of cancer, and a small number of patients will become cancerous.
Atrophic gastritis is a precancerous lesion of gastric cancer, and some patients have the possibility of cancer. Mild atrophic gastritis can be reversed to non-atrophic gastritis after active treatment; more severe atrophic gastritis will take a longer period of time to progress to cancer.
The combination of atrophic gastritis with intestinal epithelial hyperplasia increases the chance of cancer. Early and aggressive intervention in atrophic gastritis can improve gastric mucosal atrophy and delay its progression to intestinal hyperplasia, intraepithelial neoplasia, and gastric cancer.
Patients with atrophic gastritis should visit the hospital regularly, closely review the gastroscope, and under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment.