FGF2 and gastric cancer: Gene expression profile revealed gene amplifications of K-sam and c-Met in 30–40% of scirrhous gastric cancers, and that the overexpression of various growth factors, such as transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) [1].