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Management of gastric cancer in Asia: resource-stratified guidelines

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This work aims to provide a stepwise strategy for management of gastric cancer applicable to different levels of health-care resources in Asian countries, using the categories of basic, limited, enhanced, and maximum level.
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Summary Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer globally, and is the second most common cause of death from cancer worldwide. About three-quarters of newly diagnosed cases in 2008 were from Asian countries. With a high mortality-to-incidence ratio, management of gastric cancer is challenging. We discuss evidence for optimum management of gastric cancer in aspects of screening and early detection, diagnosis, and staging; endoscopic and surgical intervention; and the concepts of perioperative, postoperative, and palliative chemotherapy and use of molecularly targeted therapy. Recommendations are formulated on the basis of the framework provided by the Breast Health Global Initiative, using the categories of basic, limited, enhanced, and maximum level. We aim to provide a stepwise strategy for management of gastric cancer applicable to different levels of health-care resources in Asian countries.

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Long non-coding RNA Hotair promotes gastric cancer progression via miR-217-GPC5 axis.

TL;DR: It was observed that Hotair was frequently up‐regulated in GC tissues and cell lines, and high Hotair level was positively correlated with poor prognosis in GC patients, which could serve as a potentially prognostic indicator and provide new light into its underlying biological‐molecular mechanism in GC.
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miR-493 mediated DKK1 down-regulation confers proliferation, invasion and chemo-resistance in gastric cancer cells

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Hyperprogressive disease during nivolumab or irinotecan treatment in patients with advanced gastric cancer.

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