Gastric Cancer

This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Gastric Cancer but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.

Background information on Gastric Cancer

In medicine, stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs. The cancer may grow along the stomach wall into the esophagus or small intestine.

It also may extend through the stomach wall and spread to nearby lymph nodes and to organs such as the liver, pancreas, and colon. Stomach cancer also may spread to distant organs, such as the lungs, the lymph nodes above the collar bone, and the ovaries.

When cancer spreads to another part of the body, the new tumor has the same kind of abnormal cells and the same name as the primary tumor. For example, if stomach cancer spreads to the liver, the cancer cells in the liver are stomach cancer cells and the disease is metastatic stomach cancer, not liver cancer.

A well known complication of stomach cancer is when it spreads to an ovary; the tumor in the ovary is called a Krukenberg tumor. This tumor, named for the doctor who first described it, is not a different disease; it is metastatic stomach cancer - the cancer cells in a Krukenberg tumor are stomach cancer cells, the same as the cancer cells in the primary tumor.
News Articles on Gastric Cancer



Oxaliplatin-docetaxel combination effective in advanced gastric cancer  -  26 Mar 2008
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and docetaxel is effective and well tolerated in patients with advanced gastric cancer

Sisters have stomachs removed to survive cancer  -  26 Mar 2008
Daily Mail,According to genetic experts at the Addenbrooke's Familial Gastric Cancer Registry in Cambridge, the genetic mutation probably first appeared in the

Combination of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Shows Promise for ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Cancer Consultants,A combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (chemoimmunotherapy) may improve overall survival among gastric cancer patients.

Postoperative Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Survival In Gastric ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Science Daily (press release)11, 2008) — The use of combination chemotherapy following surgery did not improve survival in patients with gastric cancer, according to a randomized

Low cholesterol linked to stomach cancer risk  -  Feb 25, 2008
Tehran Times,...""With respect to gastric cancer, a limited number of studies suggest this inverse association, while others do not."" The researcher looked into this in a

Post-Op Chemo Fails to Boost Survival in Stomach Cancers  -  Mar 11, 2008
Washington Post,Currently, surgery is the only treatment that can potentially cure non-metastatic gastric cancer, according to background information in the study.

Combination Chemotherapy Has Potential as Standard Treatment for ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
Cancer Consultants,A combination of S-1 and cisplatin chemotherapy may become the first-line therapy for patients with advanced gastric cancer. These findings were recently

Chemotherapy Offers Little Benefit for Localized Stomach Cancer  -  Mar 12, 2008
MedPage Today,Inform patients that controversy remains over the use of chemotherapy in gastric cancer, despite the findings. Adjuvant chemotherapy failed to significantly

Identification of Cellular Enzymes May Predict Prognosis of ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Cancer Consultants,An important enzyme known as histone deacetylase may contain useful information about the prognosis of gastric cancer. These findings were recently

Epeius Biotechnologies Awarded US Patent for Targeted Injectable ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Send2Press (press release),...uterine cancer, gastric cancer, malignant melanoma, validating Epeius Biotechnologies' in vivo targeted gene delivery platform (Int'l J Oncol, 2006,

Benefit Concert for Late BYU Cancer Victim  -  Mar 7, 2008
BYU Newsnet,Cameron Williams, 24-year-old BYU student from Orem, died February 16 from gastric cancer. His optimistic attitude and medical treatments helped him live

How Is H Pylori Adhesion To Gastric Cells Associated With MUC1 ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...has established a reputation for publishing first class research on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, viral hepatitis, colorectal cancer,

Study Finds H. pylori Changes Genetically in Progression from ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),They also looked at the effect of the gastric cancer H. pylori isolate on a mouse model of chronic atrophic gastritis — germ-free mice that have been

Abraxis Bioscience Announces Filing of Marketing Application in ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Business Wire (press release),A joint committee also was established to oversee the development of ABRAXANE in Japan for the treatment of breast, lung and gastric cancer and other solid

Benefit concert becomes tribute  -  Mar 5, 2008
Deseret News,Williams, who suffered from gastric cancer of the stomach, died on Feb. 16. He was 15. He was one of the youngest in Utah to have developed this kind of

Three newly discovered ERK pathway proteins related to CagA ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Science Centric,As various researches indicated a relationship among CagA, ERK/MAPK pathway activation and gastric cancer, the article further investigate the relationship

Pfizer at Cowen and Company Health Care Conference - Final  -  Mar 24, 2008
Insurance News Net (press release),...situations that where we need to develop our drugs for gastric cancer, for hepatic cancer -- primary hepatocellular cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer.

Participants imparted training on lesion recognition  -  Mar 15, 2008
The News - International,Through live procedures on patients in upper GI cases, the participants were taught how to diagnose gastric ulcer, gastric cancer, aesophageal varices,

UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Passavant Designated “Blue ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
WebWire (press release),...brain cancer (primary), esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, head and neck cancers, liver cancer, ocular melanoma, pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer,

Interview: Vice president says China of key strategic importance ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
People's Daily Online,..."The initial focus of the ICC will be cancer and developing knowledge about cancers such as liver cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer and pre-menopausal

Oesophageal cancer increase due to obesity  -  Mar 7, 2008
Irish Medical Times,...who chaired the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) guideline development group for oesophageal and gastric cancer guidelines in Scotland.

Does Artificial Intelligence Help Clinicians To Recognize Atrophic ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...has established a reputation for publishing first class research on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, viral hepatitis, colorectal cancer,

No cancellation of CL for cancer drugs : Chaiya  -  Mar 3, 2008
Nation Multimedia,...the National Cancer Institute and health experts to calculate the total number of patients suffering from leukaemia and breast, lung and gastric cancer,

Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Blue Distinction(R) Designation ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...acute leukemia (inpatient/non-surgical) -- bladder cancer -- bone cancer -- brain cancer - primary -- esophageal cancer -- gastric cancer -- head and

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and National Association Name Area ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...acute leukemia (inpatient/non-surgical) -- bladder cancer -- bone cancer -- brain cancer -- primary -- esophageal cancer -- gastric cancer -- head and

Alcohol Consumption Lowers Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma  -  Mar 10, 2008
Cancer Consultants,However, red wine consumption has been associated with a decreased incidence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, gastric cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer,

Epigenetics at the Epicenter of Modern Medicine  -  Mar 18, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Discovery of aberrant expression of R-RAS by cancer-linked DNA hypomethylation in gastric cancer using microarrays. Cancer Res. 2005;65(6):2115-2124.

Higher hospital fees spur public debate  -  Feb 26, 2008
Viet Nam News,Lam Dinh Nam, who suffers from a gastric cancer, travelled from northern Nam Dinh Province for treatment at Ha Noi’s Hospital K and found that his first

Female Hormones Appear to Influence Risk for Gastric Cancer  -  Dec 20, 2007
Cancerpage.com,..."Hormonal factors may affect gastric cancer risk," Dr. Neal D. Freedman told Reuters Health, "but future studies are required to determine whether or not

Genes, cancer are ties that bind  -  Dec 7, 2007
Chicago Tribune,In their case, the threat was hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, which hides in the stomach and forms small tumors scattered like needles in a haystack.

Surgeon presents promising results of cancer research  -  Dec 1, 2007
Taipei Times,Gastric cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world, said Wu Chew-wun (�秋文),

OncoVista licenses cancer drug compound from New York firm  -  Dec 3, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...in metastatic breast cancer or gastric cancer patients. OSI-7904L is a liposomal formulation of a potent inhibitor of the enzyme thymidylate synthase.

Getting the test: Family confronts its genetic heritage  -  Dec 23, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,The threat in their case was hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, a cancer that hides in the stomach and forms small tumors scattered like needles in a

Epstein-Barr Virus Not Associated with Gastric Cancer  -  Nov 29, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),There are high rates of gastric cancer (cancer of the stomach) in Asia. Researchers believe these high rates may be due, at least in part, to infection with

JWCI Researchers Identify Epigenomic Test That Could Improve ...  -  Dec 11, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The study suggests that inhibiting COX-2 with readily available drugs may improve outcomes for some gastric cancer patients.

GlaxoSmithKline, Via Its Center of Excellence for External Drug ...  -  Dec 14, 2007
CNNMoney.comXL880 is a small molecule compound currently being evaluated in phase 2 trials in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRC), gastric cancer and

FDA and HPV: when did they know -- follow up  -  Dec 20, 2007
renewamerica.us,The annual deaths due to gastric cancer which is related to the infection caused by H. pylori are about 3 times the number of deaths due to cervical cancer

Targeting the infectious agents behind cancers  -  Dec 10, 2007
Newsday,Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium, can lead to gastric cancer as well as a form of lymphoma, called MALT lymphoma. Bladder cancer has been associated with

Exelixis fills pipeline, but still no drug  -  Dec 21, 2007
Bizjournals.com,The drug, now in Phase II trials, also may treat gastric cancer and head and neck cancer. It is one of 12 compounds that Exelixis is moving through the

OncoVista Licenses Phase II Clinical-Stage Drug from OSI ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...intends to continue the clinical development of OSI-7904L, with an initial Phase II trial in either metastatic breast cancer or gastric cancer patients.

Glaxo opts to stay with Exelixis cancer compound  -  Dec 14, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...compound in Phase II trials to treat patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma -- a type of kidney cancer -- gastric cancer and head and neck cancer.

Glaxo selects Exelixis cancer drug for development  -  Dec 14, 2007
ReutersXL880, a small-molecule drug, is in Phase II trials in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma, gastric cancer, and head and neck cancer.

Exelixis says Glaxo exercises option for its anti-cancer MET ...  -  Dec 14, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe compound is currently being evaluated in Phase II tests in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma, gastric cancer, and head and neck cancer.

GlaxoSmithKline to Develop Exelixis Drug  -  Dec 14, 2007
Motley FoolXL880 is now in midstage studies for papillary renal cell carcinoma, gastric cancer and head and neck cancer. Under a collaboration agreement signed in 2002

Viruses, Bacteria And Parasites Also Cause Cancer  -  Dec 11, 2007
AHNHe said liver cancer is caused by chronic hepatitis B and C. A form of gastric cancer called adenocarcinoma and a form of lymphoma called MALT lymphoma have

Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use Post-authorisation ...  -  Dec 14, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Xeloda is indicated for first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer in combination with a platinum-based regimen. Xeloda in combination with docetaxel

EU Panel Backs Glaxo's Tykerb, And 2 Teva Generics -3-  -  Dec 14, 2007
EasyBourse.com,...stage C) colon cancer, as first line monotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer, advanced gastric cancer, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Reduced hemoglobin level may indicate cancer  -  Nov 28, 2007
China Post,Wang advised him to get a thorough physical checkup, during which it was discovered that the patient had first-stage gastric cancer.

GSK to further develop Exelixis's anticancer drug  -  Dec 18, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),XL880 is a small molecule compound currently being evaluated in Phase II trials in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma, gastric cancer and head and

Charles Sposato: A natural-born teacher  -  Dec 17, 2007
MetroWest Daily News,Sposato lost his two-year battle with gastric cancer Sunday. The ways in which he inspired others won't be ending anytime soon.

10 top tips - eradicating H. pylori  -  Dec 11, 2007
Pulse,...retesting and/or referral to specialist may be appropriate, especially if there is family history of ulcer disease or gastric cancer.

Jennie Reyes Hernandez  -  Dec 5, 2007
Daily Democrat,She lost her courageous battle to gastric cancer on Nov. 29, 2007 at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA. She is survived by her adoring husband,

FDA considers regulating salt use in processed foods  -  Nov 29, 2007
Food Consumer,On the other, high intake of salt could increase risk of gastric cancer, osteoporosis and kidney stones in addition to the commonly known effects such as an



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