Is intestinal metaplasia a precancerous lesion in gastropathy

1, may be precancerous lesions

research found that most gastric cancer in the early stage of intestinal metaplasia, especially in the pyloric gland area gastric mucosa intestinal metaplasia, is likely to be precancerous lesions, easy to transform into gastric cancer.

2, may not be precancerous lesions

part of chronic gastritis inflammation long-term stimulation of gastric mucosa can also lead to its transformation, such as transformation into intestinal metaplasia, but generally will not become gastric cancer, that is, this situation does not belong to precancerous lesions.