Vol 4, No 2 (March 24, 2015): Translational Gastrointestinal Cancer

Editorial

Oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting VEGF-receptors in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Camilla Qvortrup, Per Pfeiffer
PDF Pages: 108-111 Full Text (4009) Open Access
The Cancer Genome Atlas output and practice of gastric cancer
Haruhiko Sugimura
PDF Pages: 115-117 Full Text (2762) Open Access
Molecular classification of gastric cancer
Hosein Kouros-Mehr, Catherine F. Whittington
PDF Pages: 112-114 Full Text (3049) Open Access
Gastric cancer—a convergence of genomic heterogeneity
Patrick Tan
PDF Pages: 118-122 Full Text (3239) Open Access

Original Article

P-glycoprotein plays an important role in the cross-resistance to taxanes in 5FU-resistant gastric cancer cells
Ryutaro Mori, Toshiyuki Tanahashi, Kazunori Yawata, Junko Kato, Naoki Okumura, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Manabu Futamura, Kazuhiro Yoshida
PDF Pages: 123-130 Full Text (7433) Open Access

Review Article

Clinical research of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer—current and future concepts
Daniel Reim, Rebekka Schirren, Chiara Tosolini, Alexander R. Novotny
PDF Pages: 131-140 Full Text (6724) Open Access
Neoadjuvant treatment for gastric cancer in the West: a critical review
Wilson L. da Costa Jr, Felipe J.F. Coimbra, Rafael Horácio de Brito, Héber S.C. Ribeiro, Alessandro L. Diniz, André Luís de Godoy, Igor Correia de Farias
PDF Pages: 148-153 Full Text (5224) Open Access
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer: the surgeon’s role
Sebastiano Spampatti, Stefano Rausei, Federica Galli, Laura Ruspi, Chiara Peverelli, Francesco Frattini, Francesca Rovera, Luigi Boni, Gianlorenzo Dionigi
PDF Pages: 141-147 Full Text (9178) Open Access
Emerging issues in multimodality treatment of gastric cancer
Anouk K. Trip, Marcel Verheij, Johanna W. van Sandick, Henk Boot, Edwin P. M. Jansen, Annemieke Cats
PDF Pages: 154-173 Full Text (11500) Open Access

Commentary

Obesity and gastrointestinal neoplasia—what are the biologic mechanisms?
Tilman Kühn, Rudolf Kaaks
PDF Pages: 174-177 Full Text (3021) Open Access

Meet the Professor

Dr. Rachel Hargest: challenges and future developments on gastric cancer research
Suki X. Tang
PDF Pages: 178-179 Full Text (2584) Open Access