BACKGROUND Ampullary adenocarcinomas are a rare disease.They can be classified anatomically or according to their histology into intestinal,pancreatobiliary,and mixed subtypes,with different subtypes having distinct p...
BACKGROUND Disseminated carcinomatosis of the bone marrow(DCBM)is a widespread metastasis with a hematologic disorder that is mainly caused by gastric cancer.Although it commonly occurs as a manifestation of recurrenc...
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Gastric cancer-associated peritoneal carcinomatosis leads to a poor prognosis and low quality of life. The current systemic chemotherapy processes cannot effectively improve survival. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chem...
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from gastric cancer has traditionally been considered a terminal progression of the disease and is associated with poor survival out-comes. Positive peritoneal cytology similarly worsens...
In recent years, the use of fluorescence-guided surgery(FGS) to treat benign and malignant visceral, hepatobiliary and pancreatic neoplasms has significantly increased. FGS relies on the fluorescence signal emitted by...
We report the first application of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy(PIPAC) as a rescue therapy before palliative D2 gastrectomy combined with liver metastasectomy performed in a 49-yearold woman with p...
Background: Consequences of incidental gallbladder cancer(iGBC) following cholecystectomy may include repeat operation(depending on T stage) and worse survival(if bile spillage occurred), both avoidable if iGBC were s...
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a very rare manifestation in patients diagnosed with esophagogastric junction and gastric cancer. Its prognosis is ominous and therapy outcomes are disappointing. Herein, we present tw...
Gastric cancer is an aggressive malignancy that may metastasize through the bloodstream to the liver,through lymphatics to regi onal lymph n odes,or by pen etratio n of the perit on eal lining of the stomach to result...
Meningeal carcinomatosis (MC) is a disease that malignant tumor cells cultivate in the cerebrospinal fluid or meninges. With the development of therapy methods and new techniques, survival time of patients with tumor ...