| epstein-barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma in southern india: a comparison with a large-scale japanese series. | epidemiological and clinicopathological features of epstein-barr virus (ebv) associated gastric carcinoma was compared in india and japan, two countries differing markedly in gastric cancer incidence. using in situ hybridization assay, the presence of ebv-encoded small rna (eber) was examined in 215, and 2,011 gastric cancer cases in kerala, india, and japan, respectively. ten cases (5%), all males, in the indian series were eber-positive. this frequency was similar to that in the japanese serie ... | 2002 | 12226826 |