Surgery: 2,208 Real Stories

2,208 stories match surgery. 1,436 of them mention chemotherapy.

Cancer Stories

A patient, who was diagnosed with Gastric AdenocarcinomaGastric Cancer

AFP-producing hepatoid gastric cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

Biomarkers: AFP-producing; synaptophysin-positive; chromogranin A-positive

At 6 months after surgery, AFP had risen above 2,000 ng/mL while CT showed no obvious abnormality. He declined PET/CT and left the hospital.

PubMed Central
OutcomeNot reported
A patient, who was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal CarcinomaBreast Cancer

Recurrent Breast Cancer Initially Mistaken for Organising Pneumonia

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Biomarkers: ER-positive and GATA3-positive atypical pleural-fluid cells

Metastatic Site: lungs

After 12 months of first-line hormone therapy for metastatic recurrence, she had significant clinical and radiological improvement and remained on treatment.

PubMed Central
OutcomeResponding Well
Deidre, who was diagnosed with Stage I Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage I Breast Cancer: Deidre's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Deidre Smith, Female, 40s | Stage I

As of August 2018, Deidre had completed Stage I breast cancer treatment with bilateral mastectomy, chemotherapy and reconstruction and described survivorship with a changed outlook and strong family support.

Cleveland Clinic
OutcomeSurvivorship / Surveillance
A patient, who was diagnosed with Colorectal AdenocarcinomaColorectal Cancer

Rectal Cancer Spreading to the Thyroid and Bones

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

Biomarkers: CEA 2.75 ng/mL at diagnosis

Metastatic Site: thyroid|bones

His metastatic disease worsened after 3 cycles of bevacizumab and capecitabine. He declined further treatment and died at home within 2 months.

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OutcomeIn Memory
David, who was diagnosed with Lung CancerLung Cancer

Lung Cancer: David's Survivor Story

Patient Info: David Sherman, Male, 70+

All cancerous tissue was removed. David reported no pain or breathing difficulty after surgery, and doctors estimated a 90% 5-year survival chance.

Cleveland Clinic
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage III Colorectal AdenocarcinomaColorectal Cancer

Colon cancer surgery complicated by a rectus sheath hematoma

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

After postoperative pneumonia, ileus and a major rectus sheath hematoma, she stabilized and transferred to rehabilitation before discharge home, with CT and clinic follow-up planned 6 weeks later.

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OutcomeCare Ongoing
A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Invasive Ductal CarcinomaBreast Cancer

Breast cancer recurrence involving the bladder and bones

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Initial breast cancer: ER-positive, PR-positive, HER2-negative. Bladder metastasis: ER-positive, PR-negative, HER2 1+.

Metastatic Site: bladder, bone, rectosigmoid region, anorectal region

She died in October 2016 from pulmonary haemorrhage, 47 months after metastatic disease was diagnosed.

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OutcomeIn Memory
A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung AdenocarcinomaLung Cancer

Lung cancer presenting with brain and leptomeningeal spread

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

Biomarkers: PD-L1 100%; EGFR negative; ALK rearrangement negative

Metastatic Site: brain, leptomeninges

His condition deteriorated within weeks of radiotherapy. He was readmitted with pneumonia and an acute right frontal brain haemorrhage and died within 1 week; metastatic lung adenocarcinoma was recorded as the cause of death.

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OutcomeIn Memory
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Colorectal Cancer

Metastatic colon cancer in a woman later diagnosed with Lynch syndrome

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

Biomarkers: Pathogenic germline MLH1 p. mutation; Lynch syndrome

Metastatic Site: liver

Twenty years after the metastatic colon cancer treatment, she presented with a separate small-bowel adenocarcinoma rather than recurrent colon cancer. Follow-up imaging 6 months after treatment of that later cancer showed no evidence of neoplastic disease.

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OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
A patient, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast implant rupture decades after bilateral breast cancer treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+

In 2016, the excised left breast mass was a fibrous capsule measuring 8 × 6 × 4 mm and was negative for tumor. She had no postoperative complications at 7- and 30-day follow-up after implant removal.

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OutcomeNot reported
A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage III Colorectal AdenocarcinomaColorectal Cancer

Teenage colon cancer initially mistaken for anorexia nervosa

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

Biomarkers: Loss of MSH2 and MSH6 expression; microsatellite instability; MSH2 variant of uncertain significance suspected to affect splicing; Lynch syndrome diagnosis

She remained in remission 3 years after surgery.

PubMed Central
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED