Gastric Cancer

Researchers from Kitasato University, Medical Department detail findings in gastric cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009

According to recent research from Kanagawa, Japan, "Advanced gastric cancer is a disease with dismal prognosis, which is mainly characterized by the emerging intraperitoneal free gastric cancer cells (IFCC). Our interest is to elucidate a causative phenotype linking to IFCC."

"Two hundred and sixty-nine resected gastric cancer patients examined for IFCC were enrolled at the Kitasato University Hospital to evaluate the clinical significance of the interaction between IFCC and other tumor phenotypes. IFCC was not found in the 22 early gastric cancers. and we were thus restricted to evaluate the remaining gastric cancers beyond the muscuralis propria (MP). Among the 247...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)

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