Immunotherapy for Gastric Cancer: 26 Real Stories

Clival skull-base metastasis during treatment for Stage IV gastric cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+ | Stage IV

Biomarkers: HER2-negative

Metastatic Site: peritoneum, cervical lymph nodes, pelvic bone, lungs,…

At publication he was alive on fourth-line treatment, with no disease progression for 6 months after the clival metastasis was treated and with sustained improvement in his cranial-nerve symptoms.

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Stage IV gastric cancer complicated by paraneoplastic dermatomyositis during nivolumab treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: liver, lung, abdominal cavity

He died from rapidly worsening gastric cancer 142 days after the first nivolumab dose, roughly 14 months after his April 2017 diagnosis.

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