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[A Case of Advanced Esophagogastric Junction Cancer Responding to Combined Modality Therapy]
Hajime Shinohara1, Shigeo Haruki, Yoshiteru Ohata
1Dept. of Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital.
Abstract:
The patient was a 75-year-old man with advanced esophagogastric junction cancer.He received 2 courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with DCS followed by lower esophagectomy and total gastrectomy via the left thoracoabdominal approach. Pathological examination revealed EGJ adenocarcinoma(pT3N4M0, pStage Ⅳa).He was followed up after the surgery and was diagnosed with pulmonary portal lymph node and No.1 07 node recurrences 4 years and 8 months after the surgery, respectively.He received 2 courses of TS-1 monotherapy and chemoradiotherapy, resulting in a complete response(CR).He has remained in CR until June 2019.
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