Background About 80% patients with GIST would experience tumor recurrence or metastases after a prior radical resection. The most common metastatic site is liver. Imatinib mesylate was proved to be effective for advanced GIST. Current study was designed to observe the influence of liver metastases to the outcome of imatinib treatment for recurrent GIST from prior surgery. Methods 42 patients ha...

Introduction: In patients with colorectal cancer, accurate assessment of the size, location and segmental distribution of liver metastases on a per-lesion basis is critical for treatment planning. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DW-MRI) has a high sensitivity and specificity for liver metastasis detection [1-3]. Combining DW-MRI with T1-weighted imaging after liver specific contrast medium Magaf...

on necropsy of a 24 months age dutch female rabbit the uterine horns seems enlarged with a nodular appearance. on the cut surface of the uterus as well as heart wall, white firm masses with a cauliflower- like surface was observed. no other important gross lesions were found in other organs. in histopathological examination of the uterus typical microscopic changes were those of adenocarcinoma....

BACKGROUND Treatment options for liver metastases from solid tumors, such as colon cancer, breast cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, and sarcomas, have expanded in recent years and now include nonresection methods. METHODS The literature focused on the treatment of liver metastases was reviewed for technique, perioperative, and long-term outcomes specifically related to local ablation techniques ...

Objective: To investigate the prognostic factors of gastric cancer with liver metastases after simultaneous primary tumor and liver resections. Methods: The clinical data of 21 gastric cancer cases with liver metastases that were treated with simultaneous primary tumor and liver resections during the period of February 1999 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: The in-hospita...

PURPOSE Colorectal cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer, and the development of novel tools for detection and efficient treatment of metastases is needed. One promising approach is the use of radiolabeled antibodies for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and radioimmunotherapy. Since carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is an important target in colorectal cancer, the CEA-specific...

From 1971 to 1995 we have performed 23 liver resections in 22 patients because of hepatic metastases of pancreatic (n = 20) or ampullary (n = 2) carcinomas. In 16 patients the hepatic secondaries were removed synchronously with the pancreatic primary tumour. In 7 cases liver resection was performed for metachronous metastases. Only one patient died after simultaneous resection of liver and panc...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a relatively rare tumour of the salivary glands, accounting for approximately 5%-10% of all salivary gland tumours. An important feature of ACCs is the long clinical course with a high rate of distant metastases. The preferential sites of metastases are the lung and bone, followed by the brain and liver. Most liver metastases are derived from nonparotid ACCs, a...