The Double-Edged Sword Role of Viruses in Gastric Cancer

Due to its high morbidity and mortality, gastric cancer is a topic of a great concern throughout the world. Major ways of treatment are gastrectomy and chemotherapy, unfortunately they are not always successful. In a search for more efficient therapy strategies, viruses and their potential seem to b...

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Autores principales: Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, Paulina, Grywalska, Ewelina, Hrynkiewicz, Rafał, Wołącewicz, Mikołaj, Becht, Rafał, Roliński, Jacek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7352989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32599870
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12061680
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Sumario:Due to its high morbidity and mortality, gastric cancer is a topic of a great concern throughout the world. Major ways of treatment are gastrectomy and chemotherapy, unfortunately they are not always successful. In a search for more efficient therapy strategies, viruses and their potential seem to be an important issue. On one hand, several oncogenic viruses have been noticed in the case of gastric cancer, making the positive treatment even more advantageous, but on the other, viruses exist with a potential therapeutic role in this malignancy.

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