TheTenthInternationalGastricCancerCongress(IGCC)washeldinVerona,Italy,fromJune19to22,2013.Themeetingenclosedvariousaspectsofstomachtumormanagement,includingbothtightlyclinicalapproaches,andtopicsmorerelatedtobasicresearch.Moreover,anoverviewongastrointestinalstromaltumorswasprovidedtoo,althoughherenotdiscussed.Herewewilldiscusssometopicsrelatedtomolecularbiologyofgastriccancer(GC),inherenttoprognostic,diagnosticandtherapeutictoolsshownattheconference.Resultsaboutwellknownsubjects,suchasE-cadherinlossofexpression/function,werepresented.Theyrevealedthatothermutationsofthegenewereidentified,showingacontinuousresearchtoimprovediagnosisandprognosisofstomachtumor.Simultaneously,newpossiblemolecularmarkerswithanestablishedroleforotherneoplasms,werediscussed,suchasmesothelin,stomatin-likeprotein2andNotch-1.Hence,awideoverviewincludingbotholdandnewdiagnostic/prognostictoolswasoffered.GreatattentionwasalsodedicatedtopossibledrugstobeusedagainstGC.Theyincludedmonoclonalantibodies,suchasMS57-2.1,drugsusedinotherpathologies,suchasmaraviroc,andnaturalextractsfromplantssuchasbiflorin.WewouldliketocontributetosummarizethemostimpressivestudiespresentedattheIGCC,concerningnovelfindingsaboutmolecularbiologyofgastriccancer.Althoughfurtherinvestigationswillbenecessary,itcanbeinferredthatmoreandmoretoolsweredeveloped,soastobetterfacestomachneoplasms.
