title: High intensity focused ultrasound therapy resulted in a complete response in a patient with advanced gastric cancer with liver metastases: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Se Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jin Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Joon-Yeol
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jae Kwang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In Sook
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Seung Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Seong Tai
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Young Sok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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*