Gastric Cancer: Environmental Risk Factors, Treatment and Prevention

摘要: Gastric Cancer is a heterogeneous, multifactorial, aggressive disease that has been and still remains one of the most common causes cancer-related death major public health issue worldwide. Currently, gastric cancer shows decreasing trends in its incidence mortality some geographic areas; however poor prognosis difficult to cure. The for patients with depends on stage at which detected, complete excision only proven curative option. However, recently treatment rapidly evolving emergence new cytotoxic drugs molecular targeted agents show promising response rate progression-free survival. prevention intervention such as screening ensure early detection, population education, anti-cancer knowledge popularization, identification correction unhealthy lifestyles demonstrated be effective; improved modalities can dramatically increase cancer. Demographic, ecological, environmental, culture, genetic variables all contribute heterogeneity cancer; however, environmental risk factors play an important role throughout stages progression, management surveillance. In this review, we address onset cancer, highlight current treatments measures