Gastric Cancer

✍ Scribed by Kunio Aoki (auth.), Mitsumasa Nishi M.D., Heizaburo Ichikawa M.D., Toshifusa Nakajima M.D., Keiichi Maruyama M.D., Eiichi Tahara M.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Japan
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 451
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Gastric cancer is still the most common cause of cancer death in the world, although in most countries, with the notable exception of the United States, its incidence is slowly declining. In statistical terms, gastric cancer is therefore the most formidable of cancer types, and its control is a pressing issue. Recent evidence indicates that the conversion of normal cells to so-called "clinical cancer" is the prerequisite for a multistage process which is intimately associated with an accumulation of multiple gene alterations including both oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes. Gastric cancer is no exception, in that it reveals multiple gene changes whose scenario differs, depending on their occurrence in intestinal-type or diffuse-type gastric cancers. This book was planned for publication by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer in order to shed light on basic research and clinical practice in gastric cancer. The individual chapters, written by a variety of experts, contain numerous new topics related to all aspects of the disease, including epidemiology, experimental carcinogenesis, pathology, biology, diagnosis, and treatment. It is hoped that this book will be of use in basic research, pathological diagnosis, early detection, and therapy of gastric cancer. We would like to thank the staff of Springer-Verlag Tokyo for the excellent technical production.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Epidemiology of Stomach Cancer....Pages 2-15
Evaluation of Mass Screening for Stomach Cancer....Pages 16-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Experimental Gastric Cancers....Pages 28-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Histological Typing and Grading of Gastric Carcinomas....Pages 40-52
Classification of Gastric Carcinoma....Pages 53-65
Pathology of Early Gastric Cancer....Pages 66-87
Growth Patterns of Gastric Cancer....Pages 88-101
Staging of Gastric Cancer....Pages 102-111
Histogenesis of Gastric Carcinoma and Its Clinicopathological Significance....Pages 112-132
Biopsy Interpretation in Diagnosis of Gastric Carcinoma....Pages 133-150
Endocrine Cell Tumor of the Stomach....Pages 151-167
Remnant Stomach and Gastric Cancer....Pages 168-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
DNA Ploidy Pattern and Cell Kinetics....Pages 184-195
Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes....Pages 196-208
Growth Factors in Gastric Cancer....Pages 209-217
Tumor Markers....Pages 218-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
X-Ray Diagosis of Early Gastric Cancer....Pages 232-245
Endoscopic Diagnosis: Latest Trends....Pages 246-262
A Retrospective Study on Advanced Gastric Cancer Detected by Mass Screening....Pages 263-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Principles of Surgical Treatment....Pages 280-292
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Effectiveness of Systematic Lymph Node Dissection in Gastric Cancer Surgery....Pages 293-305
Combined Resection....Pages 306-318
Treatment Results of Gastric Cancer Patients: Japanese Experience....Pages 319-330
End Results of Surgical Treatment of Gastric Adenocarcinoma: American Experience....Pages 331-340
End Results of Surgical Treatment: British Experience....Pages 341-348
End Results of Surgical Treatment: German Experience....Pages 349-357
Results of Surgery on 6589 Gastric Cancer Patients Indicating Immunochemosurgery as Being the Best Multimodality Treatment for Advanced Gastric Cancer....Pages 358-377
Palliative Treatment from the Surgical Point of View....Pages 378-391
Endoscopic Treatment of Early Gastric Cancer....Pages 392-403
Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer: A Review....Pages 404-414
New Systemic Chemotherapy....Pages 415-424
Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer....Pages 425-443
Back Matter....Pages 445-446

✦ Subjects

Oncology