Stage III Gastric Cancer: Alina's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Alina | Stage III

Alina completed treatment and reported being in remission, with regular checkups to watch for recurrence.

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Gastric Cancer: Christopher's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Christopher Lynch, Male, 50s | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Metastatic Site: brain

By the latest update, he had no evidence of disease from January 2018 and had been in remission for 18 months.

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Durable complete remission after brain metastases from gastric cancer

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

Biomarkers: HER2-low, PD-L1 CPS 5

Metastatic Site: brain

By July 2024 the brain lesions had completely resolved, and complete remission remained sustained through October 2025, with more than 38 months off anticancer treatment.

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ALK-Fusion Gastric Cancer Responds to Alectinib Before Progression

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

Biomarkers: DCTN1–ALK fusion; ATM p.E1724*; CDK6 amplification; HER2 negative; mismatch-repair proteins intact; later KRAS amplification

Metastatic Site: bone

Alectinib produced a partial response for about 11.5 months, but the cancer later progressed systemically and she died from uncontrollable gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Stage II Gastric Cancer: Irasema's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Irasema Partida Chavez, Female, Under 40 | Stage II

Irasema reported no evidence of stomach cancer for about 8 years after treatment for her localized recurrence.

Adrenal metastasis from gastric cancer causing adrenal insufficiency

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

Biomarkers: HER2-negative, PD-L1-negative

Metastatic Site: right adrenal gland

More than 17 months after the metastatic relapse, he was clinically well with no radiological or biochemical signs of active cancer apart from the residual right adrenal lesion.

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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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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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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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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: 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.

Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Alan's Patient Story

Patient Info: Alan Gorman, 50s

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

Mr. Knight

Patient Info: Mr. Knight, Male, 60s

About a month after completing 5 weeks of chemotherapy and radiation, he was beginning to improve but still faced a long recovery.

Stage IV gastric cancer with low platelets managed so chemotherapy could continue

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

Chemotherapy was able to continue after partial splenic embolization, but the gastric cancer later progressed and she died from the disease.

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Stage IV gastric cancer with low platelets managed so chemotherapy could continue — Case 2

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

After partial splenic embolization, her platelet count recovered and thrombocytopenia did not recur. She was receiving second-line ramucirumab plus paclitaxel at the latest follow-up.

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Sjögren syndrome during nivolumab treatment for HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer

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

Biomarkers: HER2-positive

Metastatic Site: liver, lungs, adrenal gland

One year after nivolumab was stopped, the shrinkage of lung metastases was maintained and the adrenal metastasis remained unchanged, although severe dry-mouth symptoms from treatment-related Sjögren syndrome persisted.

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Graves disease during nivolumab treatment for HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer

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

Biomarkers: HER2-positive

Metastatic Site: liver, brain

After progression through several treatment lines and development of brain metastasis, he died 4 months after evaluation for nivolumab-associated Graves disease, more than 1.5 years after his Stage IV gastric-cancer diagnosis.

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Cutaneous lymphatic spread after Stage III gastric cancer with signet-ring cells

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

Metastatic Site: bone, distant lymph nodes, skin

After metastatic spread to bone, distant lymph nodes and skin, she developed respiratory failure and died despite palliative treatment.

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Gastric cancer diagnosed during late pregnancy after severe gastrointestinal bleeding

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 40s

Biomarkers: HER2-negative

Six months after emergency surgery, chemotherapy and radiation were still ongoing.

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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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Severe reversible neurologic toxicity after apatinib for metastatic gastric cancer

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

Metastatic Site: bone, adrenal glands

At follow-up in April 2019, he was alive and independent about 7 years after his Stage IV diagnosis, with apatinib permanently stopped after the neurologic toxicity.

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Gastric Cancer Metastasis to the Hand Treated With Radiation

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Metastatic Site: liver|adrenal glands|left hand bones

Radiation relieved the hand pain and swelling and restored movement. At 6 months, he remained alive and pain-free in the hand, while the underlying metastatic gastric cancer remained present.

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Metastatic gastric cancer with suspected spread to an extraocular muscle

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

Metastatic Site: ovary, mesentery, neck subcutaneous tissue, thoracic…

She died 3 months after the eye presentation, more than 2 years after the gastric-cancer diagnosis.

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Gastric cancer diagnosed after pregnancy-related symptoms and gastric perforation

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV

CT after chemotherapy showed a good response, but her condition later deteriorated with multiple thromboses associated with metastatic disease. She died a few months after diagnosis.

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