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ReviewTherapeutics and clinical risk management2019

Therapeutic Approaches to Gastric Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma: Current Perspectives.

Jon Arne Søreide

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Review in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jon Arne SøreideDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7572-1089

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach (HAS) is a rare subgroup of gastric cancer (GC). Morphologically, this tumor exhibits both adenocarcinomatous and hepatocellular differentiation, and most tumors show immunohistochemical staining for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) or elevated AFP serum levels. The diagnosis of HAS is frequently delayed, and at least half of patients have advanced disease at the time of diagnosis. Despite a lack of evidence, treatment approaches have mostly followed principles for the treatment of common gastric cancer (CGC), including radical surgery in eligible patients with curative intent. The indications for and the type of adjuvant systemic treatments remain unclear. Additionally, there is a lack of evidence allowing any firm conclusions to be drawn regarding the best treatment for patients with metastatic HAS (mHAS). Chemotherapy regimens, including cisplatin-based chemotherapy, are considered the most efficient first-line systemic treatment in advanced situations. Their combination with targeted therapy (i.e., trastuzumab) in HER2-positive tumors seems promising. The rarity of these patients and the scarce and heterogeneous literature on this particular subgroup of GC make it difficult to provide any robust evidence for the clinical management of patients with HAS.

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alpha-fetoproteingastrichepatoid adenocarcinomaprognosisstomachtherapy

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PMID31920320
PMCPMC6934111

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