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Review
. 2011 Fall;4(4):175-85.

Gastric cancer: prevention, risk factors and treatment

Hakimeh Zali  1 , Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani  2 , Mona Azodi  3
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Review

Gastric cancer: prevention, risk factors and treatment

Hakimeh Zali et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2011 Fall.

Abstract

Cancer starts with a change in one single cell. This change may be initiated by external agents and genetic factors. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. Lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. In this review, different aspects of gastric cancer; including clinical, pathological characteristic of gastric cancer, etiology, incidence, risk factors, prevention and treatment are studied.

Keywords: Adenocarcinoma; Gastric carcinoma; Stomach cancer.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Morphological and cellular illustrations related to gastric cancer. A suspicious stomach ulcer that was diagnosed as cancer on biopsy and resected (a). Tumor cells fill the lamina propria, leaving benign glands largely undisturbed (b). Tumor cells infiltrate the muscularis propria (c). In diffuse-type carcinoma, glandular structures are abortive (d).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Illustration of gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
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