Novel findings about management of gastric cancer: A summary from 10^th IGCC

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摘要 TheTenthInternationalGastricCancerCongress(IGCC)washeldinVerona,Italy,fromJune19to22,2013.Themeetingenclosedvariousaspectsofstomachtumormanagement,includingbothtightlyclinicalapproaches,andtopicsmorerelatedtobasicresearch.Moreover,anoverviewongastrointestinalstromaltumorswasprovidedtoo,althoughherenotdiscussed.Herewewilldiscusssometopicsrelatedtomolecularbiologyofgastriccancer(GC),inherenttoprognostic,diagnosticandtherapeutictoolsshownattheconference.Resultsaboutwellknownsubjects,suchasE-cadherinlossofexpression/function,werepresented.Theyrevealedthatothermutationsofthegenewereidentified,showingacontinuousresearchtoimprovediagnosisandprognosisofstomachtumor.Simultaneously,newpossiblemolecularmarkerswithanestablishedroleforotherneoplasms,werediscussed,suchasmesothelin,stomatin-likeprotein2andNotch-1.Hence,awideoverviewincludingbotholdandnewdiagnostic/prognostictoolswasoffered.GreatattentionwasalsodedicatedtopossibledrugstobeusedagainstGC.Theyincludedmonoclonalantibodies,suchasMS57-2.1,drugsusedinotherpathologies,suchasmaraviroc,andnaturalextractsfromplantssuchasbiflorin.WewouldliketocontributetosummarizethemostimpressivestudiespresentedattheIGCC,concerningnovelfindingsaboutmolecularbiologyofgastriccancer.Althoughfurtherinvestigationswillbenecessary,itcanbeinferredthatmoreandmoretoolsweredeveloped,soastobetterfacestomachneoplasms.
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出版日期 2014年12月22日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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