Combined surgery for synchronous esophageal and gastric cancers — Case 3
This gastric cancer diagnosis at a glance
- Stage at diagnosis
- Stage I
- Subtype
- Adenocarcinoma
- Sex
- male
- Treatment
- surgery
- Outcome
- Cancer-Free / NED
Treatment course, step by step
- Combined surgery for the synchronous gastric and esophageal cancers was performed using the same surgical approach described for the other cases.
- No postoperative adjuvant therapy was given.
What happened, in summary
A 61-year-old man sought care after one month of a sensation of obstruction when swallowing. He was diagnosed with synchronous gastric and esophageal cancers and underwent combined surgery in May 2017 using the same operative approach described for the other patients in the series.
The gastric cancer was classified as Stage I. The accompanying esophageal cancer was treated during the same combined operation as a separate primary cancer.
He received no postoperative adjuvant therapy. At 6 months after surgery, he was living normally and had no evidence of recurrence.
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