Hirotada Kittaka, Terumasa Yamada, Kunihito Goto, Hisataka Ogawa, Tatsushi Shingai, Masaaki Motoori, Hidenori Takahashi, Kentaro Kishi, Shingo Noura, Isao Miyashiro, Masayuki Ohue, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Masahiko Yano, Osamu Ishikawa
We report a case of hepatic metastasis from gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), which was safely resected with preoperative imatinib therapy. A 60-year-old woman was hospitalized and underwent a treatment for hepatic SOL at another hospital prior to gastric GIST resection. Computed tomography revealed a tumor compressing the right and middle hepatic vein. The tumor volume decreased after an initiation of imatinib therapy aimed at preserving the middle hepatic vein. Although tumor volume was further decreased over the course of twelve months, a new lesion appeared, suggesting a progressive disease...
November 2011: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy