EBV-positive early gastric cancer treated by endoscopic removal in a 61-year-old man

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

Biomarkers: EBV-positive

Follow-up endoscopy 6 months after treatment showed only a scar at the resection site and no signs of recurrence.

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EBV-positive early gastric cancer treated by endoscopic removal in a 40-year-old man

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 40s

Biomarkers: EBV-positive

Follow-up gastroscopy 3 months after endoscopic treatment showed no evidence of recurrence.

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EBV-positive early gastric cancer treated by endoscopic removal in a 69-year-old man

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

Biomarkers: EBV-positive

Follow-up gastroscopy 12 months after endoscopic treatment showed no signs of recurrence.

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Stage IV gastric cancer with liver metastases cleared after chemotherapy, nivolumab and surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: PD-L1-positive, HER2-negative

Metastatic Site: liver

After treatment cleared the gastric and liver lesions, all anticancer therapy was stopped. He remained relapse-free with no evidence of disease for 32 months.

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Stage IV gastric cancer with a TP53 blood finding traced to clonal hematopoiesis

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 50s | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: distant lymph nodes

At age 57, 3 years 4 months after his Stage IV diagnosis, he remained alive after multiple lines of treatment; progression had occurred before his later-line regimens.

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Stage III signet-ring gastric cancer complicated by a life-threatening aortic fistula after treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage III

After staged repair of a life-threatening aortoesophageal fistula and later esophageal reconstruction, he was living independently and remained under follow-up without tumor recurrence.

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Metastatic hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma achieving complete remission with sintilimab

Patient Info: Anonymized, male | Stage IV

Biomarkers: AFP markedly elevated

Metastatic Site: liver

By the fifth sintilimab cycle, gastroscopy showed no gastric tumor, CT showed no liver metastases and AFP had normalized; complete remission was confirmed and remained stable during subsequent treatment.

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HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer responding to trastuzumab deruxtecan rechallenge

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: HER2-positive

Metastatic Site: liver

After trastuzumab deruxtecan was restarted, his symptoms improved after the first cycle and imaging showed tumor shrinkage after 3 cycles. He was still receiving treatment without progression at the latest follow-up.

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Early gastric cancer removed endoscopically in a woman with Menetrier disease

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 60s

Endoscopic surveillance twice yearly for 3 years after resection showed no gastric-cancer recurrence.

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Gastric adenocarcinoma diagnosed alongside a separate retroperitoneal liposarcoma

Patient Info: Anonymized, male

He died 3.5 months after admission from hepatorenal failure in the setting of severe jaundice caused by the rapidly progressive retroperitoneal liposarcoma. Autopsy showed gastric adenocarcinoma with regional lymph-node involvement but no distant organ metastasis from the gastric cancer.

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Rare Stage III gastric adenocarcinoma with germ cell tumor features removed by surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage III

Biomarkers: AFP-positive, glypican-3-positive, placental alkaline phosphatase-positive

One year after surgery, follow-up showed no tumor recurrence or distant metastasis.

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Long-term complete response to nivolumab after recurrent Stage IV gastric cancer

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

Biomarkers: HER2-negative, PD-L1 CPS ≤1

Metastatic Site: peritoneum, distant lymph nodes

About 7 years after surgery and roughly 3 years after starting nivolumab, CT showed no recurrent nodules or enlarged lymph nodes. She remained on nivolumab with a complete clinical response, had regained weight and returned to work.

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Small fundic-gland gastric adenocarcinoma removed endoscopically

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+

CT showed no metastasis and repeat endoscopy with biopsy 2 months after resection found no neoplasm.

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Gastric Cancer: Daniel's Patient Story

Patient Info: Daniel ‘Joe’ Einspahr, Male

Biomarkers: BRAC2 mutation

Joe returned to full-time work and continued follow-up scans every 6 months after treatment for the local recurrence.

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Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Jeanne's Patient Story

Patient Info: Jeanne Guercia, Female, 70+ | Stage IV

She was living with Stage IV stomach cancer, with her husband serving as her primary caregiver.

Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Karen's Patient Story

Patient Info: Karen Lucas, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Karen died peacefully at home on January 30, 2014, at age 62, a little over 1 year after her Stage IV diagnosis.

Stage IV Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Doran's Patient Story

Patient Info: Doran Barro, Female, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: peritoneum|liver|lungs

Doran entered hospice on September 24 and died on September 30, 2014, about 5 months after diagnosis.

Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Alan's Patient Story

Patient Info: Alan Gorman, 50s

Alan was receiving further chemotherapy after surgery because lymph nodes were involved.

Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Donny's Patient Story

Patient Info: Donny, Male, 40s | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Metastatic Site: multiple organs

He died at age 47 after a 4-day hospitalization; biopsy results after death identified diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma.

Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Patricia's Patient Story

Patient Info: Patricia Etienne, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Six months after diagnosis, Patricia reported feeling better physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and had resumed exercise and church activities.

Gastric Cancer: Tony's Patient Story

Patient Info: Tony, Male, 60s

Tony died on July 24, 2013, 2 months after diagnosis and less than 1 month before his 70th birthday.

Gastric Cancer: Bob's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Bob Ward

Bob reported being cancer-free, although eating, drinking, nausea, weight maintenance, and twice-weekly intravenous hydration remained difficult.

Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Buddy's Patient Story

Patient Info: Buddy (Bernard), Male, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: adrenal gland

Buddy died on November 9, 2012, a little more than 3 months after diagnosis.

Gastric Cancer: Sundar's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Sundar Matpadi, 40s

Sundar reported no evidence of disease after treatment, while continuing J-tube nutrition and gradually regaining weight.