Research focus on gastric cancer cardinni dorothy c abbas s m boccia stefania chukov s dugo domenico isbn 9781600217265 kostenloser versand fur . It has been considered that intestinal type gastric cancers are associated with intestinal metaplasia whereas diffuse type gastric cancers are originated from gastric mucosa proper recent analysis of gastric and intestinal phenotypes in early gastric cancers has shown that cancer cells with gastric phenotypes were present in both intestinal and diffuse types of gastric cancer furthermore phenotypic expression in gastric cancer cells was shown to be independent of phenotypic changes in . Focus on gastric cancer cancer cell 2004 feb52121 5 doi 101016 s1535 61080400033 9 1 carcinogenesis division national cancer center research institute tokyo japan 104 0045 pmid 14998488 doi 101016 s1535 61080400033 9 no abstract available publication types review mesh terms adenocarcinoma physiopathology animals antimetabolites antineoplastic pharmacology . Gastric cancer which is the fourth most common cancer type and the second leading reason of cancer deaths worldwide is a huge international public health problem 2 3 despite an overall