“…The main pathogenesis of gastric stump cancer is biliary-pancreatic reflux causing chronic inflammation of the remaining mucosa, developing into atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and displasia 1 . Other possible causes are: 1) hypo- or achlorhydria, resulting in bacterial overgrowth and increased exposure of carcinogenic agents, for example, nitrosamines 7 , 8 ; 2) effect of hormonal regulation after vagotomy and hipogastrinemia 7 ; 3) presence of surgical suture 1 ; and 4) Epstein-Barr virus. The latter occurs most commonly in the gastric stump, unlike Helicobacter pylori infection, more frequent in the intact stomach 8 .…”