title: An unusual case of recurrent gastric cancer long after the first gastrectomy due to adenocarcinoma.
abstract: The postgastrectomy recurrence rate is as high as 30-65%, with 5-year overall survival rates of <20%. Local recurrence is very common which occurs in 38-45% of cases. The most common sites of locoregional recurrence are the gastric remnant at the anastomosis, the gastric bed, and the regional nodes. The recurrence may occur as early and late events after gastrectomy. Most recurrences are early, within three years of surgery. Numerous studies reported the late recurrences, but most of them having a survival time of less than ten years. This report elucidates a case of recurrent gastric cancer after 24 years postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran m_abdollahi53@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdollahi
authors.affiliation: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran MaddahGh@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ghodratollah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maddah
authors.affiliation: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. RajabiMT@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad Taghi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rajabi Mashhadi
authors.affiliation: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. JaliliSHJ861@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jalili Shahri
authors.affiliation: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. surg.rc@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbasi Sahebi
authors.affiliation: Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran abdollahia@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdollahi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery