A Patient with a Large Gastric Tumor and Protein-Losing Gastroenteropathy Successfully Treated with Neoadjuvant TS-1 Combined with CDDP Therapy

Gastric cancer with protein-losing gastroenteropathy is relatively rare worldwide. The most important problem for the treatment of these patients is their low nutritional status and protein level, which can cause severe postoperative complications. We report a 49-year-old Japanese female with a larg...

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Main Authors: Hashimoto, Tatsuya, Yamashita, Yuichi, Shibata, Ryosuke, Satou, Keisuke, Yamana, Ippei, Maki, Kenji, Takeno, Shinsuke, Nimura, Satoshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: S. Karger AG 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322688/