Successful R0 resection after chemotherapy, including nivolumab, for gastric cancer with liver metastases: three case reports.
Junpei KawaiItaru YasufukuMasahiro FukadaRyuichi AsaiYuta SatoYu Jesse TajimaChiemi SaigoShigeru KiyamaAkitaka MakiyamaYoshihiro TanakaNaoki OkumuraKatsutoshi MuraseTatsuhiko MiyazakiNobuhisa MatsuhashiPublished in: Surgical case reports (2024)
We herein present three cases in which chemotherapy, including nivolumab, elicited a response in patients with multiple unresectable liver metastases, ultimately culminating in R0 resection through conversion surgery. Although MRI showed liver metastases, pathological analysis revealed no cancer, underscoring the beneficial impact of chemotherapy.
Keyphrases
- liver metastases
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- papillary thyroid
- case report
- rectal cancer
- coronary artery bypass
- chemotherapy induced
- single cell
- contrast enhanced
- radiation therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- young adults
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- lymph node metastasis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- surgical site infection