Gastric cancer. Clinical and pathologic features.
Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide. Very little progress has been made in improving the dismal cure rate of gastric cancer over the last 30 years in the United States. Unless major breakthroughs develop in chemotherapy or radiation therapy, the only way to improve survival rates rests with earlier recognition and prevention.
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Department of Radiology, Evanston Hospital-McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy