AIM: To re-evaluate the recent clinicopathological features of remnant gastric cancer (RGC)
and to develop desirable surveillance programs. METHODS: Between 1997 and 2008, 1149 …

Background: The circulating DNA concentration and integrity was examined by a quantitative
polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in the plasma from patients with gastric cancer and their …

The quantity and quality of circulating DNA fragments was analyzed by quantitative real-time
polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) in plasma from patients with esophageal carcinomas, …

Background: The diagnostic value of circulating mRNA for the early detection of primary and
recurrent gastric cancer was evaluated. Patients and Methods: Circulating hTERT and …

Background: This study aimed to detect hypermethylation in serum DNA from patients with
gastric cancer at various stages and to assess the assay for early detection of primary and …

Background Although remnant gastric cancer (RGC) following distal gastrectomy is located
in the proximal stomach, little is known about the differences of the lymphatic distribution and …

Background: Gastric carcinogenesis is thought to involve multiple genetic and epigenetic
changes. The relationships between the promoter methylation status of relevant genes in the …

Background: This study was designed to compare the detection rates of conventional tumor
markers with two molecular diagnostic approaches on blood samples from patients with …

Results MSP assay detected hypermethylation of p16 in 17 patients (27%), E-cadherin in 15
patients (24%), and RARbeta in 11 patients (17%). Altogether, 32 patients (51%) showed …

Results Aberrant methylation of RARbeta was demonstrated in 26 preoperative patients (24%).
Considering this with previous results, 52 patients (48%) of the 109 preoperative showed …