Long-term survival in a patient with advanced gastric cancer and metachronous right-sided colon cancer

• Published in: Romanian journal of morphology and embryology Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 1569 - 1577
• Main Authors: Sava, Anca, Ciobanu Apostol, Delia Gabriela, Şapte, Elena, Ionescu, Lidia, Costea, Claudia Florida, Ciocoiu, Manuela, Dumitrescu, Gabriela Florenţa, Stan, Cristinel Ionel, Slănină, Ana Maria, Cobzaru, Roxana Gabriela, Costache, Irina Iuliana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romania 2017
• Subjects: Colonic Neoplasms - mortality; Colonic Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Survival Analysis

Gastrointestinal carcinomas represent the most common cancers worldwide. The coexistence of gastric cancer with metachronous colon cancer represents a rare phenomenon, and the prognosis of the patient is poor. We present here a case of an elderly patient with primary gastric intestinal type well-dif...