Pathological Complete Response and Long-Term Survival in a Very Elderly Patient after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced, Unresectable Gastric Cancer

We address the pathological complete response and long-term survival of elderly patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced, unresectable gastric cancer. An 83-year-old man was hospitalized for upper abdominal pain. Gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a large tumor spanning from the ga...

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Main Authors: Kunihiko Izuishi, Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Takanori Sano, Hirohito Mori, Kazuo Ebara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/532924