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Four specific gene mutations linked to development and progression of lethal stomach cancers
2025-05-16 19:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Download PDF Copy Reviewed Digestive Disease WeekApr 25 2025Researchers using next-generation DNA sequencing have identified four specific genes whose mutations are linked to the development and progression of lethal stomach cancers. This could potentially enable doctors to offer targeted treatments that would spare many patients from unnecessarily aggressive procedures, according to a study scheduled for presentation at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2025.Not all stomach cancers are equal. Today, most gastric cancers are treated the same way - with surgery and chemotherapy - but we hope to identify key molecular differences so we can tailor treatment to the biology of each patient's tumor."Ulysses Ribeiro, MD, PhD, study's lead author and professor at the Instituto do C�ncer do Estado de So Paulo, BrazilResearchers analyzed 21 genes in tumor samples from 87 patients who had undergone surgery and chemotherapy for gastric cancer and then tracked how the mutations related to survival. Ab... [ more ]
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