Gastric cancer

Lancet. 2016 Nov 26;388(10060):2654-2664. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30354-3. Epub 2016 May 5.

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Many patients have inoperable disease at diagnosis or have recurrent disease after resection with curative intent. Gastric cancer is separated anatomically into true gastric adenocarcinomas and gastro-oesophageal-junction adenocarcinomas, and histologically into diffuse and intestinal types. Gastric cancer should be treated by teams of experts from different disciplines. Surgery is the only curative treatment. For locally advanced disease, adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy is usually implemented in combination with surgery. In metastatic disease, outcomes are poor, with median survival being around 1 year. Targeted therapies, such as trastuzumab, an antibody against HER2 (also known as ERBB2), and the VEGFR-2 antibody ramucirumab, have been introduced. In this Seminar, we present an update of the causes, classification, diagnosis, and treatment of gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Esophagogastric Junction
  • Humans
  • Ramucirumab
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Trastuzumab / therapeutic use
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
  • Trastuzumab

Supplementary concepts

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus