Pellegrino R, Gravina AG. Depression weights in patients with gastric cancer: Bibliometric analysis as a weapon to chart the future of research. World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30(33): 3846-3849 [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i33.3846]
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Raffaele Pellegrino, MD, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. de Crecchio, Naples 80138, Italy. raffaele.pellegrino@unicampania.it
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Letter to the Editor
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2024; 30(33): 3846-3849 Published online Sep 7, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i33.3846
Depression weights in patients with gastric cancer: Bibliometric analysis as a weapon to chart the future of research
Raffaele Pellegrino, Antonietta Gerarda Gravina
Raffaele Pellegrino, Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples 80138, Italy
Author contributions: Pellegrino R and Gravina AG collected the literature, wrote the initial manuscript, conceptualised the figure, conceptualised the structure of the text, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, and read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Raffaele Pellegrino, MD, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. de Crecchio, Naples 80138, Italy. raffaele.pellegrino@unicampania.it
Received: March 15, 2024 Revised: July 5, 2024 Accepted: July 29, 2024 Published online: September 7, 2024 Processing time: 170 Days and 14.4 Hours
Abstract
Bibliometric analyses are increasing in the field of gastric cancer. This letter discusses a recently published analysis that focused on the bidirectional relationship between depression and gastric cancer and evaluated the types of papers published in this field and the changes in the direction of research. There is an increasing need for new, clinically relevant studies of this association.
Core Tip: Depression is a frequent comorbidity in patients with gastric cancer (GC) and is often brought about by the stress experienced by patients with such a neoplasm. This is an important relationship to keep in mind when treating patients with GC. However, recent studies of the gut-brain axis have posited hypotheses that include a bidirectional association between GC and depression and rule out a unidirectional relationship proceeding from GC to the development of depression. The key to confirming both directions of this vicious cycle may be the identification of tools with which to promptly identify depression in GC patients.
