[A case of advanced gastric cancer with liver metastasis involving curative surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2014 Nov;41(12):2290-2.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 77-year-old-woman, whose chief complaint was anemia, was referred to our hospital and diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer with liver metastasis and lymph node metastasis.Gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a tumor on the lesser curvature of the gastric corpus.Histologically, biopsy specimens indicated adenocarcinoma with genetic amplification of human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2.Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed lymph node metastasis and liver metastasis.The patient received a total gastrectomy and a partial liver resection after combination chemotherapy consisting of capecitabine, cisplatin, and trastuzumab.Histopathological examination of a resected specimen showed a minute residual cancer nest at the subserosa of the stomach and lymph node metastasis, but no liver metastasis. This combined modality therapy can be considered an effective treatment for gastric cancer with liver metastasis, and we hope that it will be established as a standard therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Capecitabine
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Trastuzumab

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Capecitabine
  • Trastuzumab
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil