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Brain-Only Metastasis and 10-Year Survival after Curative Gastric Cancer Resection: A Case Report.


ABSTRACT: Gastric cancer (GC) usually metastasizes to locoregional lymph nodes, the peritoneum causing ascites, or to the liver and lungs but rarely to the brain. Few cases of brain-only GC metastases have been reported, and the prognosis is very poor. We present a case of brain-only metastasis 2 years after curative GC surgery and chemotherapy, who visited the ER due to a headache. The patient underwent operative tumor resection of the brain with additional chemotherapy and is still alive and disease free 10 years after initial curative treatment. This case shows that brain-only metastasis may have a better prognosis than that of systemic metastasis; thus, aggressive treatment with radiotherapy or surgery with chemotherapy may be needed.

SUBMITTER: Lee WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Brain-Only Metastasis and 10-Year Survival after Curative Gastric Cancer Resection: A Case Report.

Lee Woo Yong WY   Yoon Byung Woo BW  

Case reports in oncology 20230101 1


Gastric cancer (GC) usually metastasizes to locoregional lymph nodes, the peritoneum causing ascites, or to the liver and lungs but rarely to the brain. Few cases of brain-only GC metastases have been reported, and the prognosis is very poor. We present a case of brain-only metastasis 2 years after curative GC surgery and chemotherapy, who visited the ER due to a headache. The patient underwent operative tumor resection of the brain with additional chemotherapy and is still alive and disease fre  ...[more]

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