Dear Editor,Hepatoid adenocarcinoma(HAC)is a rare pathological subtype of extrahepatic tumor,featured by hepatoid differentiation andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-production[1,2].Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach(HAS),acc...Dear Editor,Hepatoid adenocarcinoma(HAC)is a rare pathological subtype of extrahepatic tumor,featured by hepatoid differentiation andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-production[1,2].Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach(HAS),accounting for 0.3%to 1.0%of all gastric cancers(GCs),has attracted increasing attention due to its high degree of malignancy[3].Compared with classic GC,HAS showed a higher rate of vascular invasion,lymph node metastasis,and liver metastasis,with only 9.0%survival rate at 5 years[4].Currently,there is no effective treatment for HAS,and little is known about its pathogenesis.Herein,we investigated the molecular features of HAS and identified potential therapeutic targets for HAS.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(No.19ZR1409500)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82172925)the ethics committee of Zhongshan Hospital(No.B2020-094R)and obtained patients’consent to participate.
文摘Dear Editor,Hepatoid adenocarcinoma(HAC)is a rare pathological subtype of extrahepatic tumor,featured by hepatoid differentiation andα-fetoprotein(AFP)-production[1,2].Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach(HAS),accounting for 0.3%to 1.0%of all gastric cancers(GCs),has attracted increasing attention due to its high degree of malignancy[3].Compared with classic GC,HAS showed a higher rate of vascular invasion,lymph node metastasis,and liver metastasis,with only 9.0%survival rate at 5 years[4].Currently,there is no effective treatment for HAS,and little is known about its pathogenesis.Herein,we investigated the molecular features of HAS and identified potential therapeutic targets for HAS.
