Despite treatment advancements, prognosis remains poor for many patients with advanced gastric/GEJ cancers1

Gastric cancer is the 5th most common cancer and the 5th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide2
60%

of patients with gastric cancer have advanced disease* at the time of diagnosis3

5-year relative survival rates by stage at diagnosis from 2015 to 20213,†

As the biomarker landscape continues to evolve, it may inform advancements in precision medicine1

Gastric/GEJ cancers are complex and heterogeneous diseases characterized by the expression of a variety of biomarkers, including:1,4,5

Actionable
HER26
IHC3+ or FISH+
22%
dMMR/MSI-H7
7%
PD-L18
CPS ≥ 1
73%-82%
CLDN18.29
≥ 75% 2+/3+
38%
Emerging
FGFR2b10
any 2+/3+§
~ 38%
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) recommend testing for certain actionable biomarkers with IHC at diagnosis of metastatic gastric/GEJ cancers, including HER2, PD-L1, MMR, and CLDN18.24,5,**

Reflexively testing for actionable IHC biomarkers at gastric/GEJ cancer diagnosis can help guide timely, personalized treatment decisions11

*This includes patients with regional disease, or those whose cancer has spread to regional lymph nodes, and metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. There are 30,300 estimated new cases in 2025.3
Assessed between 2015 and 2021 in the United States.3
Defined as ≥ 75% of tumor cells with moderate (2+) to strong (3+) membranous staining.9
§Defined as any percentage of tumor cells with moderate (2+) to strong (3+) membranous staining.10
**Testing recommendations for GEJ cancers, HER2, and CLDN18.2 are in adenocarcinoma.4,5

CLDN18.2, claudin-18 isoform 2; CPS, combined positive score; dMMR, deficient mismatch repair; FGFR2b, fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, isoform IIIb; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; GEJ, gastroesophageal junction; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; IHC, immunohistochemistry; MMR, mismatch repair; MSI-H, microsatellite instability-high; PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand 1.

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