title: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach.
abstract: Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach is extremely rare; only 32 cases are found in the Japanese literature. The pathogenesis of this neoplasm remains obscure and controversial. Furthermore, the optimal treatment, including adjuvant chemotherapy, remains unclear. We report herein a case of SCC of the stomach in a 70-year-old male with amazing effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, low-dose FP chemotherapy. To our knowledge, no case of this disease has ever been reported that was given neoadjuvant chemotherapy and histologically showed its effectiveness. Our case demonstrated a striking effectiveness of chemotherapy in the neoplasm both radiologically and histologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka Teishin Hospital, 2-6-40 Karasugatsuji, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0042, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marubashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Takushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanoh
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwazawa
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinuta
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okamura