P-021Molecular profiling of gastrointestinal cancer

Introduction: Gastro-intestinal cancer (GI) include a variety of cancers that affect esophagus, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, intestine and other organs involved in digestive system. The above types of cancers appear higher mortality rates in comparison with cancers in other systems. Therefore, it is essential the optimization of treatment management. Even though great achievements have been performed the last years in prediction of cancer therapy, treatment is based in specific markers, avoiding genes that affect or affected through signaling transduction pathways. The present study aimed to analyze the gene expression in cancer cells, representing different GI cancer types and compare them with circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from patients and cells from normal donors.
Source: Annals of Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research