Gastric cancer presenting with obstructive jaundice.
Gastric cancer is rarely associated with obstructive jaundice, which is associated with poor survival. We describe five patients with gastric cancer who presented with jaundice. Two patients had primary gastric cancer and three had recurrent disease. The patients were treated by operation, chemotherapy, and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) according to the stage of the cancers. Although these treatments often fail to prolong survival, chemotherapy and PTBD can improve patient's quality of life.
Shiraishi
Norio
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First Department of Surgery, Oita Medical University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
Yasuda
Kazuhiro
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Kakisako
Kenji
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Inoue
Tokuji
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Adachi
Yosuke
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Kitano
Seigo
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