%0 Journal Article
%T Gastric cancer with adenocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor components: A rare entity
%A Ahmet Turkan
%A Mehmet Tolga Kafadar
%A Metin Yalaza
%J Archive of "Northern Clinics of Istanbul".
%D 2017
%R 10.14744/nci.2017.60437
%X Despite a sharp worldwide decline in the incidence and mortality due to gastric cancer during the second half of the 20th century, gastric cancer remains the worldĄŻs second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Variants of gastric cancer account for approximately 5% of all stomach carcinomas. Herein, we report on a rare case of combined germ cell tumor and adenocarcinoma that arose in the stomach of a 68-year-old woman with a high level of alpha-fetoprotein in the serum. Clinical and pathological findings are presented
%K Adenocarcinoma
%K gastric cancer
%K germ cell tumors
%K yolk sac
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724926/