Molecular pathology of gastric carcinoma.

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Gastric carcinoma (GC) is a biologically heterogeneous disease involving numerous genetic and epigenetic alterations. A very small proportion of GCs can be caused by a specific germ-line mutation of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1). Sporadic GC is developed through multistep processes that begin with Helicobacter pylori-induced atrophic gastritis. Epstein-Barr virus is another infectious cause of GC, and the above two...

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