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.
Study Discovers a Cause of Multiple Resistance to Cancer Chemotherapy
A new study finds a cause of multiple resistance in cancer chemotherapy: “We have found that 10% of colon and stomach tumors... Read More
Dietary Factors Linked With Gastric Cancer Risk Identified
Consumption of total fruit and white vegetables, as well as other dietary factors, may contribute to risk of gastric cancer, according to a... Read More