Type 2 gastric neuroendocrine tumor: report of one case

On May 11, 2015, the patient's abdominal contrast-enhanced CT showed: the wall of gastric body became swollen; a nodule sized 0.9 cm existed in the tail of pancreas; and multiple lymph nodes became swollen above the head of pancreas in the retroperitoneal area.

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Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology is now indexed in PubMed/PMC: A tremendous step forward

We are honored to announce that Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology (TGH) has passed all the evaluation required by PubMed Centre (PMC) and is officially accepted for inclusion in PubMed/PMC, two important and extensive biomedical digital databases, which means authors publishing in TGH will enjoy maximum exposure of their research. All previously published content on TGH will be searchable within 1-2 months. TGH would like to express sincere appreciation for the enthusiastic and vigorous support and contributions from all board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors, and readers.

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Colon cancer presenting as a testicular metastasis

Hematoxylin and eosin stained section. This low power view demonstrates a cross section of the spermatic cord with infiltrating metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma. Original magnification 10×.

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Gastric neuroendocrine tumor (NET): report of one case

On September 5, 2013, somatostatin receptor scintigraphy showed no significant anomalies.

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Dr. Daniel Coit: the challenge of clinical staging of EGJ cancer

Dr. Daniel Coit, MD, a leader at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is an outstanding surgical oncologist specializes in in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, as well as the treatment for gastric cancer. He also made great achievement in medical education by training a lot of young surgeons in the surgical clinical oncology in the past 30 years.

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Professor Do Joong Park: deep thoughts on the development of sentinel node navigation surgery

Professor Do Joong Park from Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea, is actively performing gastric cancer surgeries with many experiences of minimally invasive surgeries such as laparoscopic, robotic or single port gastrectomies. Prof. Park has been participating in many important clinical studies such as KLASS (PI of KLASS 5: Phase III trial for laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy versus total gastrectomy for upper early gastric cancer), REGATTA, sentinel node, etc., and has played an important role in many Korean and International societies.

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Professor Seung Ho Choi: experience in gastric cancer and type 2 diabetes

Prof. Seung Ho Choi from Division of UGI Surgery, Department of Surgery & Director of Cancer Hospital, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, is a pioneer in the laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer. He has been involved in researches for gastric cancer since 1990. Recently, Prof. Choi is interested in the relationship between gastric cancer and metabolic syndrome. He has published over 100 scientific papers and been involved clinical trials for gastric cancer treatment.

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The book Gastric Cancer: diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer

We are glad to announce that the book Gastric Cancer has been officially published by the AME Publishing Company in 2015.

Although gastric cancer mortality has declined markedly around the world, it remains a worldwide public health problem especially in Asia. The diagnosis and management of gastric cancer has gradually improved over the past decades. Early diagnosis and treatment is believed to be the key to improve the prognosis of gastric cancer.

This new book, Gastric Cancer, is committed to make clinicians and researchers gain a better understanding and treating of gastric cancer. It is comprised of eight sections including diagnosis, multidisciplinary approach, surgical research, surgical video, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiation therapy and translational research of gastric cancer. Most notably, those 35 surgical video articles surely will present the readers a more lively reading experience.

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Glypican-1 exosomes: do they initiate a new era for early pancreatic cancer diagnosis?

Highlights of Melo and associates research (2). (A) Glypican-1 (GPC1) exosomes are detected in human pancreatic cancer and in a pre-malignant lesions (PanIN) mouse model; (B) GPC1 exosomes harbor K-ras mutations; (C) AUC curves for diagnosis reach nearly perfection; (D) corelation between GPC1 exosomes and overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS).

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