"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Reviewed by Anuj K. Patel, MD, Clinical Director of the Center for Esophageal and Gastric Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in ...

Stomach cancer is one of the most problematic cancers because, at its early stages, symptoms are either nonexistent or very vague and easy to dismiss, like heartburn, indigestion, and feeling full or ...

Stomach cancer is challenging to detect early due to vague symptoms, often diagnosed at advanced stages. Diagnosis involves endoscopy, imaging, laparoscopy, and molecular testing for markers like HER2 ...

Accurate staging of gastric cancer is pivotal to tailoring treatment and avoiding futile interventions. The initial work-up customarily includes endoscopic inspection with biopsy and cross-sectional ...

Endoscopic ultrasonography is established as a cornerstone for the locoregional staging of gastric cancer, offering unparalleled resolution of the gastric wall layers and adjacent lymphatic structures ...

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Efficacy of immunochemotherapy (ICT) in patients (pts) with metastatic gastric cancer (mGC) in context of ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) and PD-L1 expression: Results of the meta ...

Data on disease stage at presentation and treatment outcomes were obtained from the King Hussein Cancer Center registry. Patients were staged according to the US SEER staging system, which classifies ...