Diffuse Gastric Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: de Castria, Tiago Biachi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Guindalini, Rodrigo Santa Cruz (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Oncology .; Gastroenterology .; Human genetics.; Oncology.; Gastroenterology.; Human Genetics.

We live in an era of personalized medicine and the knowledge about pathophysiology of diffuse gastric cancer has had many advances. Thus, the role of this work is to clarify what is new from diagnosis to treatment of this disease in order to treat patients in the most tailored manner as possible. Al...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Epidemiology
• 3. The Role of Endoscopy
• 4. Pathology and Molecular Biology
• 5. Genetic Predisposition and Hereditary Syndromes
• 6. The Role of Surgery
• 7. The Role of Radiotherapy
• 8. The Role of Chemotherapy.