title: [Carcinoma of the stomach].
abstract: Stomach cancer is one of the most common tumors in human pathology. More than 95% of all gastric malignancy are adenocarcinomas developed from epithelial cells of gastric mucosa. Still, this is highly lethal disease with five-year surveillance of 20%. This review explains most frequently used classifications of gastric cancers, molecular and cellular abnormalities in gastric cancer, chromosomal abnormalities, tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes and growth factors involved in gastric carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za gastroenterohepatologiju, KCU Sarajevo.
authors.forename: Zora
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vukobrat-Bijedić
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics