Fig. 6.1 Trocar locations for laparoscopic gastrectomy (b) A monitor is located over the patient’s head, and the surgeon sits between patient’s legs for the procedure. First, the greater omentum…

(1) The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China   14.1 Physiological Drug…

Fig. 16.1 Various strategies for nanoparticle-based combinational drug delivery systems Recently, a great deal of interest has been focused on the application of combinational therapies in drug delivery systems [5]….

and Baorui Liu1 (1) The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China   9.1 Introduction The…

Fig. 12.1 The effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the tumor microenvironment. A range of chemotherapeutic agents can affect the tumor microenvironment in a variety of ways. Oxaliplatin can induce…

Fig. 3.1 The intravasation and migration of CTC (Adapted from detection and clinical implications of circulating tumor cells (2015), Joosse SA et al. [1]) According to their biology characteristics, CTCs…

Fig. 7.1 Randomization scheme. R randomization, ECC epirubicin, cisplatin, capecitabine (Adapted from Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and chemotherapy or by surgery and chemoradiotherapy for patients with resectable gastric cancer…

Fig. 2.1 Gastric cancer is a malignancy resulting from the complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The molecular alterations found in gastric cancer include somatic gene mutations, chromosomal instability,…