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The Role of Chemotherapy

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Gastric cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and, despite the most modern molecular classification, that proposed by Lauren remains applicable in clinical practice. The objective of this chapter is to explore the aspects related to curative and palliative systemic treatment, focusing on the aspects related to the diffuse subtype.

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  1. Centro de Oncologia do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Guilherme Luiz Stelko Pereira

  2. Hospital de Base da Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, (SP), Brazil

    Eduardo Saadi Neto

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Pereira, G.L.S., Neto, E.S. (2018). The Role of Chemotherapy. In: de Castria, T., Guindalini, R. (eds) Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95234-5_8

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