title: Curative treatment in a patient with gastric cancer stage IV: a case report.
abstract: A 39-year old patient with gastric adenocarcinoma stage IV failed to respond to preoperative chemotherapies containing 5-FU and cisplatin as well as 5-FU and irinotecan. After third-line chemotherapy with two cycles of docetaxel and cisplatin we confirmed a clinical partial response. A complete histologically confirmed remission was detected after complete resection of the tumor. Following two postoperative cycles of docetaxel and cisplatin, the tumor is still in complete remission after more than eight years.
authors.affiliation: Practice Network Rhein-Sieg, Hematology and Oncology, Troisdorf / Bonn / Bad Honnef, Germany ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Holweide, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diel
authors.affiliation: Practice Network Rhein-Sieg, Hematology and Oncology, Troisdorf / Bonn / Bad Honnef, Germany ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Holweide, Germany.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodermann
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Surgery, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Holweide, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Friedrich
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kienzle
authors.affiliation: Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meuthen
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Holweide, Germany ; Practice of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Cologne, Rodenkirchen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meuthen