Stage I Ovarian Squamous Cell Cancer Found in a Long-Standing Dermoid Cyst

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 40s | Stage I

At 22 months after treatment, she had no clinically identifiable recurrence.

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Stage I Ovarian Squamous Cell Cancer Found After Abdominal Pain and Urinary Retention

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 50s | Stage I

At 21 months after surgery, she had no clinically identifiable recurrence.

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Stage I Breast Cancer: Shirley's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Shirley | Stage I

Shirley says she completed treatment and is now in remission after Stage I breast cancer.

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Stage I signet-ring gastric cancer treated with laparoscopic distal gastrectomy despite unusual abdominal blood vessels

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage I

At 6 months after surgery, she remained without recurrence.

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Stage I gastric cancer treated with laparoscopic total gastrectomy in a man with situs inversus

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage I

He was alive without recurrence or symptoms 4 years after surgery.

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Stage I Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor in a 19-Year-Old

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, Under 40 | Stage I

She was continuing adjuvant chemotherapy 4 months into treatment without major reported complications.

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Stage I gastric adenocarcinoma treated with endoscopic resection and additional laparoscopic gastrectomy in situs inversus

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 40s | Stage I

At 18 months after surgery, he was doing well without recurrent gastric cancer.

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Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Stage I Endometrioid Ovarian Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, Under 40 | Stage I

Biomarkers: BRCA1/2 negative

She had two spontaneous pregnancies after treatment and remained without evidence of disease at 46 months.

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Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Stage I Immature Ovarian Teratoma

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, Under 40 | Stage I

She later conceived spontaneously, delivered a healthy baby, and had no evidence of disease at 19 months of follow-up.

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Synchronous Stage IA breast cancer and Stage IIA lung adenocarcinoma: disease-free after surgery and adjuvant therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage I

Biomarkers: Breast tumor: ER/PR positive, HER2 negative. Lung tumor: KRAS/EGFR wild type, ALK rearrangement not detected.

As of April 2014, more than 2 years of follow-up showed no recurrent disease after treatment of synchronous Stage IA breast cancer and Stage IIA lung adenocarcinoma.

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Pediatric Stage I intermediate-grade lung mucoepidermoid carcinoma: lobectomy with 1-year no recurrence

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, Under 40 | Stage I

Biomarkers: Lymphovascular invasion negative; lymph node metastasis negative; PAS-positive mucin-rich cells

The child had no signs of tumor recurrence 1 year after lobectomy and received no adjuvant therapy because the tumor was localized and low/intermediate grade.

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Stage IB epithelial-myoepithelial lung carcinoma: no recurrence after VATS lobectomy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage I

Biomarkers: Epithelial-myoepithelial lung carcinoma: EMA, actin and focal S-100 staining supported the diagnosis.

As of February 2014, she had no local recurrence or distant metastasis 16 months after video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection for Stage IB epithelial-myoepithelial lung carcinoma.

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Stage IB squamous lung cancer: sleeve lobectomy complicated by pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage I

As of October 2013, he had normal quality of life and was cancer-free 1 year after the first operation, despite postoperative pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm, completion pneumonectomy, and empyema treatment.

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Mucinous Ovarian Cancer Treated During Pregnancy

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, Under 40 | Stage I

The woman and her baby were followed for more than 5 years, and the mother had no evidence of ovarian cancer recurrence during that period.

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Stage IA bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: complete resection with thoracoscopic segmentectomy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage I

Biomarkers: No molecular biomarkers reported; serum cancer antigens were within normal range

As of September 2011, Stage IA bronchioloalveolar carcinoma was completely resected by thoracoscopic segmentectomy with node dissection, a 15 mm tumor-free margin, and uncomplicated discharge on postoperative day 5.

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Male invasive papillary breast cancer: mastectomy and tamoxifen with 2-year well status

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+ | Stage I

Biomarkers: ER-positive; HER2 not over-amplified

Recovered after mastectomy and sentinel node biopsy, received adjuvant tamoxifen, and remained well 2 years after surgery.

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Stage IA lung cancer: no local recurrence 40 months after SBRT

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage I

Biomarkers: Serum CEA elevated before SBRT; KL-6 normal; SP-D normal. Tumor genomic biomarkers not reported.

Alive without local recurrence 40 months after SBRT, after suspicious post-radiation consolidation was monitored and biopsy showed no cancer cells.

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Stage I BRCA1 Breast Cancer: Karen's Patient Story

Patient Info: Karen | Stage I

Biomarkers: BRCA1 mutation

Karen completed surgery and chemotherapy for stage 1 breast cancer and chose prophylactic bilateral mastectomy because of a BRCA1 mutation, while continuing to live with fear of recurrence.

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