title: Operating room to bench for gastric cancer.
abstract: Gastric cancer is the most common cancer in Korea, with an age-standardized rate of 61.2 in males and 23.9 in females (in 2007), one of the highest in the world. Using a large gastric tissue depository and the extensive clinical experience gained from gastric cancer surgery, we work as a 'translational researcher' to apply basic research tools and results to the clinical field. We are also interested in providing answers to the questions in the operating room using the methods of basic research. I would like to introduce our research activities in this review paper.
authors: Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Gastric Cancer Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Korea. hkyang@snu.ac.kr
authors: Han-Kwang
authors: HK
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014015:Tissue Banks; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical