Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-1184-9 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A Rare Case Presentation: Pregnancy and Gastric C arcinoma Mustafa YILDIZ1, Yesim 
AKGUN1, Hale OZER1, Veli MIHMANLI1 1: Health Science s University Okmeydani Training 
and Research Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology C linic, Istanbul, Turkey - 2019.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 10 Sep 2019  
 
Reviewer: Xin Yongning  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This case presentation is interesting and rare, and could be referenced by others obstetrician. GIS 
malignancy with pregnancy is a very rare condition, but it should be considered when symptoms 
such as nausea  and vomiting, weight loss, melena, hematemesis and deep anemia occur, 
especially in the second trimester, and endoscopic screening should be recommended.  
 
This case presentation could be accepted and published in this Journal.  
 
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Yes 
 
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Yes 
 
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
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Acceptable  
 
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