Long-term survival of an elderly patient with advanced gastric cancer after combination therapy: a case report and literature review

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 459 - 7
• Main Authors: Li, Qingwei, Xu, Xuejun, Su, Dan, Zhou, Tianshuo, Wang, Guangyu, Li, Zhiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma; Biopsy; Blood clots; Breast cancer; Cancer; Cancer metastasis; Cancer patients; Cancer therapies; Cancer treatment; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Combination therapy; Diagnosis; Elderly; Elderly patients; ErbB-2 protein; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Gene amplification; Genes; Geriatrics; Health aspects; Helium; Literature reviews; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver metastasis; Lung cancer; Medical prognosis; Metastases; Metastasis; Patient outcomes; Patients; Peripheral blood; Pertuzumab; Stomach cancer; Surgery; Survival; Chemotherapy; Combination therapy; Gastric cancer; Liver metastasis

Gastric cancer ranks the fifth most common cancer, and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Gastric cancer with liver metastasis (GCLM) has devastating prognosis, however, optimal treatment of GCLM, especially in elderly patients, has yet to be clarified. A 75-year-old man was...