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Molecular and biologic basis of upper gastrointestinal malignancy. Gastric carcinoma
Wa'el el-Rifai1, Steven M Powell
1Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia, Box 800798, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0708, USA.
Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
|November 12, 2002
Abstract:
Gastric cancer is one of the world's most common cancers and is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Neoplasia of the stomach is mainly composed of adenocarcinomas, which for more than 95% of cases. Although mesenchymal tumors (i.e., stromal tumors, leiomyomas and leiomyosarcomas, and schwannomas), primary lymphomas, and carcinoid tumors can also arise in the stomach, malignant tumors of these types occur much less often.