Current gene therapy for stomach carcinoma

摘要

Gastric cancer is common in China, and its early diagnosis and treatment in advanced stage are difficult. In recent years, gene study in cancer is a hotspot, and great progress has been achieved. Cancer gene therapy has shifted from the imagination into the laboratory and clinical trials. The "logic of how genes function" coupled with the connections of cell cycle processes to specific gene actions is creating a promise of treating tumors by gene therapy. There have been significant advance against both local and metastatic growths.