Early SRC of the stomach is associated with a better prognosis than non-SRC. Conversely, in advanced gastric cancer histological type cannot be used to establish a definitive therapeutic strategy.

Thinning of articular cartilage induced by mechanical unloading may be mediated by metabolic changes in chondrocytes, including accelerated aggrecan catabolism and exquisitely modulated matrix mineralization, and cartilage matrix degradation and resorption by subchondral osteoclasts. Cartilage degeneration without chondrocyte hypertrophy under unloading condition indicate the possible existence of mechanism which is different from osteoarthritis pathogenesis.

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MGC patients' poor prognosis correlates with advanced disease at diagnosis. Therapeutic and follow-up plans after curative resected MGC and NGC should remain the same, possibly with alterations according to the former's histological subtype.

Mass screening by using barium meal examination for gastric cancer detects cancer at an early stage and produces good therapeutic results.