Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
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Gan To Kagaku Ryoho · Jul 2011
Case Reports[A case of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor resected after chemotherapy with imatinib].
We report a case of a residual stomach gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) successfully treated with resection. We were able to curatively resect after treatment with imatinib. A 33-year-old man underwent distal gastrectomy for duodenal ulcer perforation at the age of 18. ⋯ The radical operation was considered feasible and total gastrectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Neoadjuvant therapy with imatinib may become a useful means of conserving improve organ and complete resection rate increase with tumor reduction.