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Spontaneous regression of hepatic metastases from gastric carcinoma
Author(s) -
Rosenberg Steven A.,
Fox Edward,
Churchill Winthrop H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197202)29:2<472::aid-cncr2820290235>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , gastric carcinoma , regression , carcinoma , cancer , biopsy , gastroenterology , pathology , oncology , radiology , psychology , psychoanalysis
A patient with gastric carcinoma had hepatic metastases proven by biopsy. He survived for 12 years in the absence of therapy, at which time laparotomy revealed a total regression of the tumor tissue in his liver. Through this phenomenon is extremely rare, the “spontaneous” regression of hepatic metastases from gastric carcinoma can occur.