"Gastric Carcinoma: New Insights into Current Management" ed. by Daniela Lazăr

This book provides a detailed description of the morphologic classification, molecular changes and epigenetic alterations of this tumor. The book describes the role of different diagnostic tools in the preoperative assessment of patients and the most important factors contributing to the prognosis. Moreover, it describes the current surgical and chemotherapeutic options for gastric neoplasm.


Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. There are no screening tests available for its diagnosis, therefore patients usually presents in late stages, associated with poor prognosis. Currently, many efforts are made toward new advances in the treatment strategies.
The book makes an insight into the assessment of premalignant lesions, current management of early gastric cancer, risk and protective factors in gastric carcinogenesis.

This publication may open new and interesting gates for further research concerning carcinogenesis, genetic and epigenetic alterations, signaling pathways, H. pylori infection, the discovery of protective factors against gastric cancer and of revolutionary therapies of this tumor.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Preneoplastic Lesions and Early Gastric Cancer
1 The Role of Endoscopy and Biopsy in Evaluating Preneoplastic and Particular Gastric Lesions
2 Management of Early Gastric Cancer
Section 2 Risk and Protective Factors
3 Risk Factors in Gastric Cancer
4 Relevance of Host Factors in Gastric Cancer Associated with Helicobacter Pylori
5 Fetal-type Glycogen Phosphorylase (FGP)Expression in Intestinal Metaplasia as a High Risk Factor of the Development of Gastric Carcinoma
6 Nar ingen in Inhibits Oxidative Stress Induced Macro molecular Damage in N-methyl N-nitro N-nitrosoguanidine Induced Gastric Carcinogenesis in Wistar Rats
Section 3 Morphological and Molecular Aspects
7 Gastric Carcinoma: Morphologic Classifications and Molecular Changes
8 Variants of Gastric Carcinoma: Morphologic and Theranostic Importance
9 DNA Methylation in Aggressive Gastric Carcinoma
Section 4 Diagnostic Tools, Prognosis and Management
10 Imaging Findings of Gastric Carcinoma
11 Prognosis in the Cancer of the Stomach
12 Gastric Carcinoma: A Review on Epidemiology, Current Surgical and Chemotherapeutic Options