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Shunji Endo
Department Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Digestive Surgery, Position Associate Professor |
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| Article types | 原著 |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Our experience of treating undifferentiated gastric carcinoma: report of four cases. |
| Journal | Formal name：Surgery today Abbreviation：Surg Today ISSN code：14362813/09411291 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Domestic |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 45(2),pp.235-40 |
| Author and coauthor | Endo Shunji, Nishikawa Kazuhiro, Yamada Terumasa, Nakagawa Tomo, Fushimi Hiroaki, Chihara Tsuyoshi, Yamauchi Amane, Nishijima Junichi |
| Authorship | Lead author |
| Publication date | 2015/02 |
| Summary | Undifferentiated gastric carcinoma is a rare histopathological type of cancer that does not show any differentiation toward adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma. It is thought to be highly malignant, and is associated with a poor prognosis. However, its clinical behavior has not yet been fully analyzed because of its rarity. We herein review the clinical characteristics and prognoses of patients with undifferentiated gastric carcinoma treated at our institutions. Among 2,651 gastric cancer patients, four (0.2 %) were histopathologically diagnosed to have undifferentiated carcinoma. These four patients included three males and one female. The median age of the patients was 60-year old (range 47-75). Three cases had distant metastases at diagnosis. One of these three cases was treated with chemotherapy alone, and the other two were treated with palliative gastrectomy and chemotherapy. The patient with no distant metastasis underwent curative gastrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. All patients died of cancer at a median of 5.4 (range 3.5-7.1) months after their diagnoses. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00595-013-0793-0 |
| PMID | 24254063 |