Gastric Analysis

Gastric atrophy

Gastric outlet obstruction

Gastric and intestinal foreign bodies

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule EpCAM CD326

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM; CD326) is a cell surface protein that is frequently expressed at high level on most solid tumor types, including prostate, breast, colon, gastric, ovarian,...

Survival Improved For Metastatic Gastric Cancer Patients Who Undergo Surgery And Radiation

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center studied patients with metastatic gastric cancer and found that those who have both surgery and radiation have better survival than those who receive one or no form...

Gastric bypass seems risky after failed gastric banding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Compared to primary gastric bypass surgery, rescue procedures after failed gastric banding have much higher risks of adverse outcomes.

Gastric Banding Bariatric Surgery Should Be Abandoned

A new study recommends that gastric banding be forsaken in favor of sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedures.

Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy Demonstrates Benefit in Gastric Cancer

Adjuvant radiochemotherapy provides strong and persistent benefit in patients who have undergone curative gastric resection, according to the long-term results of a study published in the Journal of C...

Ironing out the link between H. pylori infection and gastric cancer

H. pylori frequently causes gastric ulcers and is also one of the greatest risk factors for gastric cancer. H. pylori infection is also associated with another gastric cancer risk factor, iron deficie...

Four Distinct Mechanisms Identified That Contribute To Gastric Cancers

Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) headed a study that discovered four processes by which gastric cancer is formed. This is extremely important since gastric cancer is the seco...

Scientists identify four mechanisms that contribute to gastric cancers

Scientists have discovered four processes by which gastric cancer is formed. This is extremely important since gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, claiming almos...

Low iron levels increase the risk of H. pylori-associated gastric cancer

H. pylori frequently causes gastric ulcers and is also one of the greatest risk factors for gastric cancer. H. pylori infection is also associated with another gastric cancer risk factor, iron deficie...

Can we apply the same indication of endoscopic submucosal dissection for primary gastric cancer to remnant gastric cancer?

BACKGROUND: Currently, remnant gastric cancer (RGC) is uncommon compared with gastric stump cancer, but early detection of gastric cancer and improved postsurgical survival will lead to increased inci...

MicroRNA dysregulation in gastric cancer: a new player enters the game.

Gastric carcinogenesis is a multistep process involving genetic and epigenetic alteration of protein-coding proto-oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes. Recent discoveries have shed new light on the in...

A case of lymph node metastasis following a curative endoscopic submucosal dissection of an early gastric cancer.

Currently in Japan, differentiated gastric submucosal invasive cancers

Treatment outcomes of systemic chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis arising from gastric cancer with no measurable disease: retrospective analysis from a single center.

BACKGROUND: Few studies of systemic chemotherapy have focused on gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) without measurable lesions. In the present study, we characterized the outcomes of s...

Helicobacter pylori in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer and gastric lymphoma.

Chronic gastric infection by the gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with the development of distal gastric carcinoma and gastric mucosal lymphoma in humans. Eradication...