title: Molecular Pathology of Gastrointestinal Cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this review is to discuss important molecular changes that aid decision making in patient management and play a role in emerging treatment strategies for gastrointestinal malignancies. Although screening and surveillance practices have had an impact on the natural history of some tumor types, gastric carcinoma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in high prevalence regions and colorectal carcinoma is still the fourth leading cause of cancer related death in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Rhonda K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Yantiss
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Utah, 15 N. Medical Drive East-2100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Electronic address: wade.samowitz@aruplab.com.
authors.forename: Wade S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Samowitz