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Failure to detect early recurrence of gastric cancer
F J Lacueva1, R Calpena, J Medrano
1Pathology and Surgery Department, Miguel Hernandez University School of Medicine, Elche University General Hospital, Spain.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|May 26, 1998
Abstract:
Early gastric cancer recurrence is sometimes difficult to diagnose even by protocols using imaging techniques and tumor markers. We report a gastric cancer recurrence diagnosed by the appearance of a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule that illustrates the lack of sensitivity of these methods. We also discuss the protocol we currently follow for these patients.