Plasma microRNAs as potential new biomarkers for early detection of early gastric cancer

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 25; no. 13; pp. 1580 - 1591
• Main Authors: Zhu, Xiao-Liang, Ren, Long-Fei, Wang, Hai-Ping, Bai, Zhong-Tian, Zhang, Lei, Meng, Wen-Bo, Zhu, Ke-Xiang, Ding, Fang-Hui, Miao, Long, Yan, Jun, Wang, Yan-Ping, Liu, Yu-Qin, Zhou, Wen-Ce, Li, Xun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 07.04.2019
• Subjects: Basic Study; Plasma; Biomarker; MicroRNA; Early gastric cancer

Early gastric cancer (EGC), compared with advanced gastric cancer (AGC), has a higher 5-year survival rate. However, due to the lack of typical symptoms and the difficulty in diagnosing EGC, no effective biomarkers exist for the detection of EGC, and gastroscopy is the only detection method. To prov...