Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A Rar e 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 Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey - 2019.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 13 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Grazyna Baczyk  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The presented case report contributes to the extension of information on gastrointestinal cancer 
occurring in pregnant women.  
 
This case report indicates the importance of early diagnosis of gastrointestinal c ancer in pregnant 
women.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or  would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
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Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A Rar e 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 Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey - 2019.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 13 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Grazyna Baczyk  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The presented case report contributes to the extension of information on gastrointestinal cancer 
occurring in pregnant women.  
 
This case report indicates the importance of early diagnosis of gastrointestinal c ancer in pregnant 
women.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or  would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, considering the following questions:  
 
1.  Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fe es, funding, or salary 
from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financial ly from the 
publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?  
 
2.  Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation t hat may in any way gain or 
lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the 
future?  
 
3.  Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents  relating to the content 
of the manuscript?  
 
4.  Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization 
that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5.  Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6.  Do you have any non -financial competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
If you can answer no to al l of the above, write 'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
below.  If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.  
 
I declare that I have no competing interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my nam e will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted f or pub lication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be posted on the website along with the authors' 
responses. I agree for my report to be made availabl e under an Open Access Creative Commons 
CC-BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). I understand that any comments 
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be in cluded as confidential comments 
to the editors, which will no t be published.  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal  
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A Rar e 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 Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey - 2019.  
 
Version: 0 Date: 13 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Grazyna Baczyk  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The presented case report contributes to the extension of information on gastrointestinal cancer 
occurring in pregnant women.  
 
This case report indicates the importance of early diagnosis of gastrointestinal c ancer in pregnant 
women.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or  would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, considering the following questions:  
 
1.  Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fe es, funding, or salary 
from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financial ly from the 
publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?  
 
2.  Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation t hat may in any way gain or 
lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the 
future?  
 
3.  Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents  relating to the content 
of the manuscript?  
 
4.  Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization 
that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5.  Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6.  Do you have any non -financial competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
If you can answer no to al l of the above, write 'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
below.  If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.  
 
I declare that I have no competing interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my nam e will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted f or pub lication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be posted on the website along with the authors' 
responses. I agree for my report to be made availabl e under an Open Access Creative Commons 
CC-BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). I understand that any comments 
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be in cluded as confidential comments 
to the editors, which will no t be published.  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal  
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