A Case of Advanced Gastric Cancer with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis Treated with Preoperative FOLFOX Chemotherapy Followed by Radical Subtotal Gastrectomy and D2 Lymph Node Dissection

A Case of Advanced Gastric Cancer with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis Treated with Preoperative FOLFOX Chemotherapy Followed by Radical Subtotal Gastrectomy and D2 Lymph Node Dissection

We report the case of a 73-year-old female who was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was used to diagnose Borrmann type 3 advanced gastric cancer located at the gastric antrum. A biopsy revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Abdominopelvic computed tomography...

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Main Author: Byoung Jo Suh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-02-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Para-aortic lymph node metastasis
Systemic chemotherapy
FOLFOX
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/457791

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