Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 1462-1466.doi: 10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2023.09.1462

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Diagnostic difficulties and treatment progress of primary gastric lymphoma

DAI Di, LIU Yuqin*   

  1. Department of Pathology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences CAMS, School of Basic Medicine PUMC, Beijing 100005, China
  • Received:2022-09-23 Revised:2023-02-20 Online:2023-09-05 Published:2023-09-01
  • Contact: *liuyuqin@pumc.edu.cn

Abstract: Primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) is the most common gastric malignant tumor except gastric cancer, most of which have no specific clinical symptoms. It is usually not accurately diagnosed. And it is prone to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. The main treatments include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. And the immunotherapy is expected to be a potential treatment modality. Understanding the difficulties in the diagnosis process is the guarantee of accurate diagnosis and the basis for subsequent precision treatment.

Key words: primary gastric lymphoma, misdiagnosis, immunotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor

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