Early Gastric Cancer Removed Endoscopically Followed by a Spinal Infection

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male | Stage I

The gastric adenocarcinoma was completely removed with negative margins, and follow-up endoscopy showed only a post-treatment scar without new lesions.

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Early gastric adenocarcinoma mimicking a submucosal tumor

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 50s

He remained free of local or distant recurrence during 4 years of follow-up after endoscopic resection.

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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 IIB Gastric Cancer With a Gastric-Wall Abscess

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

Biomarkers: Synaptophysin positive; CD56 negative; chromogranin A negative; SALL4 negative

The tumor and abscess were removed completely, and no lymph-node metastases were found. She remained disease-free through 22 months of follow-up.

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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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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 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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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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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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Gastric Cancer: Chad's Patient Story

Patient Info: Chad White, Male

Four years after surgery, Chad was active in physique competitions and building a fitness and nutrition business.

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.

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.

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.

Gastric Cancer: Dan's Patient Story

Patient Info: Dan Kane

Biomarkers: Hereditary gastric-cancer predisposition confirmed by genetic testing

About 10 months after surgery, Dan had returned to work, was eating broadly, and described a healthier lifestyle without additional cancer treatment.

Dan Kane: His Sister’s Gastric Cancer Journey

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Her gastric cancer returned after partial gastrectomy and had spread by the time she underwent total gastrectomy.

Gastric Cancer: Rosie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Rosie Rosanna Fiorino, Under 40

Rosie described herself as a stomach-cancer survivor and celebrated 17 years since total gastrectomy while continuing patient-support work.

Early gastric cancers treated endoscopically, followed by surgery for pyloric narrowing and hiatal hernia

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+

One year after the corrective surgery, he had no reflux or passage-obstruction symptoms, and endoscopy showed good passage through the pylorus.

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Abdominal abscess after endoscopic removal of early gastric cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+

He recovered after surgical drainage of the post-ESD abscess and was discharged home 27 days after that admission.

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