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[A case of long surviving gastric cancer with an malignant acanthosis nigricans]
1Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital.
Gan No Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
Reported the case of a 73 year old female who was diagnosed as having a gastric cancer with malignant acanthosis nigricans and had a long survival, totaling about 8 years 6 months after operation. Further, her skin lesion completely disappeared. In general, a gastric cancer with malignant acanthosis nigricans is said to have a very poor prognosis and an analysis of recent cases has indicated that the average survival is about 10 months. The reason for such a bad prognosis is thought to be that the diagnosis of a gastric cancer with malignant acanthosis nigricans is usually determined only after the cancer is far advanced.