Rapid symptomatic relief of HER2-positive gastric cancer leptomeningeal carcinomatosis with lapatinib, trastuzumab and capecitabine: a case report
Abstract Background Gastric cancer patients with widespread metastasis, especially meningeal metastases, have an extremely prognosis and limited therapeutic choices. Case presentation We reported the case of a 39-year-old male patient with HER2-positive gastric cancer with bone and meningeal metasta...
Main Authors: | Xiao-Dong Jiao, Chunming Ding, Yuan-Sheng Zang, Guanzhen Yu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4116-0 |
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