Where this stomach cancer information comes from

On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had stomach cancer, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Websites

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats series

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of stomach cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/stomach/

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
www.nice.org.uk

Books

Cancer: Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
DeVita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Souhami R. and Hochhauser D.
Wiley-Blackwell 2010

UK guidelines

Laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), 2003

Referral Guidelines for suspected cancer
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005

Trastuzumab for the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Sept. 2010

Trastuzumab for the treatment of HER2 positive metastatic gastric cancer
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), January 2011, 623/10
Link to SMC guidance

Articles and reviews

Endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer. Yiping Wang et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004276. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004276.pub2.