Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Gastrointestinal Cancer Metastasis


Publishing date
03 Aug 2012
Status
Published
Submission deadline
16 Mar 2012

Lead Editor

1Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China

2Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Clinicians of Porto Alegre Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, RS, Brazil

3Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan

4Department of Surgery, Lund University Hospital, 221 00 Lund, Sweden


Gastrointestinal Cancer Metastasis

Description

Gastrointestinal cancers are among the most common malignancies and one of leading causes of death from cancer worldwide. Due to the asymptomatic properties of the disease, most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage when local and distant metastases happen, leading to poor prognosis. Most deaths from cancer occur as a result of metastasis. Metastatic recurrence is the main obstacle to the improvement in treatment efficacy. To date, there has been no effective treatment for this deadly disease. It is well known that early diagnosis of cancer is able to improve the prognosis. Recently, system biologic methods, such as proteomics and metabolomics, have developed rapidly and shown great potentials in identifying the new diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for cancers. In addition, tumor microenvironment and cancer stem cells correlate with metastasis. Therefore, research on molecular mechanisms underlying cancer metastasis and new diagnostic markers for detecting or predicting metastasis and improved prognosis is of great importance.

We will take particular interest in research articles on metastatic mechanisms or biomarkers for early detection, predicting response to treatment, and improved prognosis. Reviews on cancer metastasis are welcome. Furthermore, manuscripts involved in a combination of proteomics, genomics, and bioinformatics for investigations of cancer metastasis are of great interest. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Metastasis and proteomics
  • Metastasis and metabolomics
  • Metastasis and microRNAs
  • Metastasis and tumor microenvironment
  • Cytokines, cell adhesion, and metastasis
  • Molecular characteristics of cancer stem cells or circulating tumor cells and metastasis
  • Biomarker and biotherapy of cancer metastasis
  • New markers and surgical therapy of tumor metastasis

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 415498
  • - Editorial

Gastrointestinal Cancer Metastasis

Jin-Lian Chen | Richard Ricachenevsky Gurski | ... | Roland Andersson
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 125890
  • - Research Article

Urine Metabolite Profiling of Human Colorectal Cancer by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry Based on MRB

Jin-Lian Chen | Jing Fan | ... | Jun-Duo Hu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 808120
  • - Research Article

Association between Habitual Dietary Salt Intake and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Sheng Ge | Xiaohui Feng | ... | Juan Sun
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 568214
  • - Research Article

Repeated Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Comparison with Primary Liver Resections concerning Perioperative and Long-Term Outcome

Kristoffer Jönsson | Gerd Gröndahl | ... | Roland Andersson
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 474907
  • - Clinical Study

Ion Chromatography Based Urine Amino Acid Profiling Applied for Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer

Jing Fan | Jing Hong | ... | Jin-Lian Chen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 752940
  • - Research Article

Effect of Non-Anticoagulant N-Desulfated Heparin on Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Expression, Angiogenesis, and Metastasis of Gastric Carcinoma In Vitro and In Vivo

Jin-Lian Chen | Jing Fan | ... | Jian-Zhong Gu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 639748
  • - Clinical Study

Ki-67 Antigen Overexpression Is Associated with the Metaplasia-Adenocarcinoma Sequence in Barrett's Esophagus

Bernardo Silveira Volkweis | Richard Ricachenevsky Gurski | ... | Maria Isabel Edelweiss
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 640168
  • - Clinical Study

miR-21 Is a Promising Novel Biomarker for Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Yuejuan Xu | Jue Sun | ... | Qiang Zhang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 941954
  • - Research Article

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Relationship with Tumor Stage and Survival after Esophagectomy

Daniel Navarini | Richard R. Gurski | ... | Fernando Fornari
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