Pathological complete response from oral chemotherapy combined with trans-arterial chemotherapy and embolization in an unresectable gastric cancer patient: A case report
Rationale:
Gastric cancer is still one of the most common cancer in East Asia. More than 70% gastric cancer patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage in China. Moreover, about 10% cases are unresectable which usually suffer a poor prognosis with a median survival time of 5 to 12 months. In recent years, some clinical studies found that many unresectable gastric cancer cases could get opportunity for surgery after treatment that improve prognosis significantly
Patient concerns:
64-year-old male patient was admitted with upper abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a large ulcerated tumor located from the cardia to the anterior wall of the upper gastric body. Histopathological examination showed it was moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography (CT) scan image showed a large bulging mass with internal ulcer at the lesser curvature wall, left gastric artery and coeliac trunk were surrounded by fused lymph nodes.
Diagnoses:
Based on the histopathological examination and imaging findings, patient was diagnosed advanced gastric cancer and hardly to resect radically.
Intervention:
Oral chemotherapy combined with trans-arterial chemotherapy and embolization (TACE) was initiated. Eight weeks after initial therapy, radical laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection and Roux-en-Y anastomosis were performed successfully.
Outcomes:
Patient was discharged on postoperative day 11 without complications. Histologica...
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
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