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It is thought that it takes 15–30 years from the appearance of a gastric cancer cell to patient death [1, 2], and in the course of the process, cancers observable to clinicians have already reached their late stages. In some cases, the growth of gastric cancer increases drastically and in others, there is almost no change in the growth of cancer cells for years. Thus, the growth of gastric cancer can take various forms, because various factors such as the degree of differentiation, the presence of an ulcer in the lesion, and differences in immunity among individuals exert influence. In the past, the progress of gastric cancer was estimated by retrospective studies, prospective observations, or assumptions based on the growth curve. However, none of the previous research efforts based on these methods have succeeded in elucidating fully the natural course of gastric cancer [3].
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Yoshino, J., Matsui, T. (2006). Gastric Cancer. In: Fujita, R., Jass, J.R., Kaminishi, M., Schlemper, R.J. (eds) Early Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-30173-9_18
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