Conversion surgery for metastatic gastric cancer at 2 years after initial diagnosis of cancer of unknown primary with metastasis of cervical lymph nodes and ovary: a case report

Conversion surgery for metastatic gastric cancer at 2 years after initial diagnosis of cancer of unknown primary with metastasis of cervical lymph nodes and ovary: a case report

Abstract Background Patients with stage IV gastric cancer have a poor prognosis despite improvements in intensive treatment regimens, including chemotherapy. Recently, conversion surgery has received much attention as it can provide long-term survival in stage IV gastric cancer patients who are resp...

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Main Authors: Masaki Suzuki, Hisashi Hosaka, Yasuyuki Fukai, Yasushi Mochida, Daigo Ozawa, Norimichi Kogure, Kazunosuke Yamada, Hitoshi Ojima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Cancer of unknown primary
Conversion surgery
Distal gastrectomy
Cervical lymph node metastases
Ovarian metastases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01145-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01145-3

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