Stomach cancer diagnostics: New insights on stage of tumor growth
Diagnosis of gastric cancer in the early stages is difficult because of the lack of simple and cheap methods of inspection and... Read More
Alcohol, Processed Meats May Raise Stomach Cancer Risk
Excess weight also seems to boost chances of disease, and risk increases as three factors increase, researchers report …
Right in the Gut: New Clues About Preventing and Treating Gastric Cancer
Diagnoses in younger people and two causative infections are providing clues about how to better prevent and treat gastric cancer.
Screening for early stage stomach cancer with a blood test
Researchers from MirXES, have come up with a screening procedure which involves a simple blood test to detect early stage stomach cancer, a... Read More
Genetic Testing Underused for GI Cancers
Although Lynch syndrome is almost as prevalent as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), twice as many patients are undergoing testing for... Read More
Gene ‘Signature’ Could Lead to Early Cancer Test
Researchers have found a genetic “signature” common to five different types of cancer and hope it might be a step towards an... Read More
Mismatch Repair-Deficient GI Tumors Respond to Anti–PD-1
Understanding mismatch repair could help ID stomach cancer patients most likely to respond to immunotherapy.
Neoadjuvant chemo underused in patients with advanced gastric
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) remains underused in patients with advanced gastric cancer, despite evidence that it does not worsen perioperative outcomes, U.S. researchers... Read More
Study uncovers inherited genetic susceptibility across 12 cancer types
Study suggests BRCA mutations and other genetic factors may raise risk of stomach cancer.
Pfizer and Merck KGaA commence late-stage trials of avelumab in gastric cancers
The immunotherapy avelumab will be tested in gastric cancer.