Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma : Current Management and Future Challenges

© 2020 Li et al..

Recent advances in the epidemiology, pathology, molecular mechanisms, and combined modality therapy (CMT) fields have shown that gastric signet ring cell carcinoma (GSRC) should be considered a distinct cancerous entity. Clinical management of this cancer is challenging, with chemoradioresistance and poor outcomes in advanced stages. Pathological and molecular sets of GSRC demonstrate different features of poor cohesion and differentiation according to the WHO, Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, and Laurén classifications. These features also result in poor response to adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Certain studies of GSRC showed the disputed effectiveness of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Our aim was to discuss how an improved understanding of these therapeutic benefits may provide better treatment selection for patients, and therefore improve survival. The challenges in the new understanding of GSRC in routine practice and pathology, and the current limitations of treatment will also be discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cancer management and research - 12(2020) vom: 15., Seite 7973-7981

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Zhikai [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Fuhai [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Liyan [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Yantao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Combined modality therapy
Gastric cancer
Journal Article
Pathology
Review
Signet ring cell

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/CMAR.S268032

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315154136