There might be no drugs available exclusively to treat gastric cancer, but if reports are to be believed, there is some respite for people suffering from it.
Certain drugs currently used to treat breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, could also be used to treat some gastric cancers, researchers have found.
Gastric cancer, otherwise known as stomach cancer, does not respond well to existing treatments and it is currently the third leading cause of cancer death in the world, after lung and liver cancer.
(with inputs from PTI)