High intensity focused ultrasound therapy resulted in a complete response in a patient with advanced gastric cancer with liver metastases: a case report.
Different therapeutic strategies have been tried when liver metastasis develops after a gastrectomy for gastric cancer, but the disease still has a poor prognosis. We present a 35-year-old woman who achieved complete radiological remission of liver metastases from advanced gastric cancer after a single therapeutic high intensity focused ultrasound session. Our observations suggest that high intensity focused ultrasound combined with chemotherapy may be an additional treatment option for patients with liver metastases from advanced gastric cancer.
Sung
Hye Young
HY
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Cho
Se Hyun
SH
Kim
Jin Il
JI
Cheung
Dae Young
DY
Han
Joon-Yeol
JY
Kim
Jae Kwang
JK
Woo
In Sook
IS
Jung
Seung Eun
SE
Hahn
Seong Tai
ST
Lee
Young Sok
YS
D000328:Adult; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000379:methods*