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Gastric cancer is one of the commonest causes of cancer-related death even in developing countries. The diagnoses are often based on barium studies and endoscopic diagnosis when available. Challenges in the treatment of gastric cancer are late presentation, reduced access to appropriate investigative tools and lack of funds for treatment. Antral tumours are the commonest. Surgery remains the most feasible treatment modality in developing countries. The overall survival rates vary. Although targeted therapy has been successful in breast cancer treatment, the same outcome is not reproducible in gastric cancer; however, chemotherapy should be offered to all patients with metastatic gastric cancer in good general conditions.
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Afuwape, O.O. (2015). Gastric Carcinoma in Developing Countries. In: Droz, JP., Carme, B., Couppié, P., Nacher, M., Thiéblemont, C. (eds) Tropical Hemato-Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18257-5_32
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