Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	94331
Country	Italy

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Letter to the Editor
Article Title	Depression weighs in patients with gastric cancer: Bibliometric analysis as a weapon to chart the future of research
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Raffaele Pellegrino and Antonietta Gerarda Gravina
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Raffaele Pellegrino, MD, N/A, N/A, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. de Crecchio, Naples 80138, Italy. raffaele.pellegrino@unicampania.it
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Bibliometric analysis; Depression; Quality of life; Epidemiology
Core Tip	Depression is often a comorbidity present in the patient with gastric cancer (GC), often brought about by the stressful load that such a neoplasm brings down on the patient. However, new frontiers of research within the “gut-brain axis” have posited hypotheses about a bidirectional association between GC and depression, ruling out a single unidirectional relationship proceeding from GC to the development of depression. The key to both directions of this vicious circle could be the identification of tools with which to quickly identify depression early in these cancer patients.
Citation	<p>Pellegrino R, Gravina AG. Depression weighs in patients with gastric cancer: Bibliometric analysis as a weapon to chart the future of research. <i>World J Gastroenterol</i> 2024; 30(33): 3846-3849</p>

Received	2024-03-15 13:36
Peer-Review Started	2024-03-15 13:36
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2024-07-05 01:49
Revised	2024-07-05 15:22
Second Decision	2024-07-29 02:45
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2024-07-29 06:24
Articles in Press	2024-07-29 06:24
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2024-08-16 04:31
Typeset the Manuscript	2024-08-19 07:15

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