We’re committed to our mission of finding new treatments that may help improve the lives of people with cancerCancerAbnormal cells that grow out of control [may invade other tissues and may spread into other parts of the body]; Also called malignancy.. Our clinical trials for gastric cancer study investigational medications alone, or in combination with other study medications, or standard of careStandard of care (Standard Treatment)Accepted or approved treatment for a condition (disease or illness); treatment usually given to people for a condition (disease or illness) at the time; the treatment for a condition that is accepted and widely used by health care professionals at the time therapy. We perform these trials to see if they can help prevent, find, or treat cancerCancerAbnormal cells that grow out of control [may invade other tissues and may spread into other parts of the body]; Also called malignancy..

Gastric cancer is more commonly known as stomach cancer. About 90% of stomach cancers are adenocarcinomas. This type of cancer starts in the mucus-producing cellsCellThe smallest unit of life; what all tissues are made up of in the stomach lining. It expands to the outer layers as it grows.

A gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma is a cancerCancerAbnormal cells that grow out of control [may invade other tissues and may spread into other parts of the body]; Also called malignancy. that starts where the stomach connects to the esophagus.

Gastric cancer often reaches advanced stagesStage (in cancer)A measure of how far along a cancer is in the body. This is defined based on the size of the tumor and if cancer has spread to other parts of the body. before it is detected. When this type of cancer reaches the later stages, it is much more difficult to cure.