BACKGROUND The gold standard of adjuvant treatment after surgical resection of adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is chemoradiotherapy. We retrospectively evaluated chemotherapy without radiotherapy in stomach and GEJ adenocarcinoma, using a combination of etoposide, adriamycin and cisplatin (modified EAP). PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-five patients with completely...

BACKGROUND Tumour vascularisation is a determinant of the development of metastases. AIMS To measure blood flow in normal stomach and gastric adenocarcinomas by laser Doppler flowmetry and correlate blood flow with vascularisation after immunohistochemical staining of resected specimens for CD31 and von Willebrand factor. PATIENTS Twenty two undergoing resection for gastric adenocarcinoma a...

A 59 year old man is presented with adenocarcinoma of the stomach. In order to evaluate for the presence of the non-lifting sign, methylene blue was injected 2 mm from the perimeter of the tumor. Since the tumor lifted, snare removal of the tumor was done, safely. Partial gastrectomy was performed 2 weeks after endoscopic removal of the tumor which revealed no residual tumor or lymph node ...

A patient with adenocarcinoma of the stomach and recurrent hypoglycemia is presented. The fasting blood sugar ranged from lOm/100,ml to 35mg/100 and the serum insuline levels ranged from 24 miU/ml to  42 miu/ml. The counterregulatory hormones(growth hormone, cortisol, adrenocorticotropin hormone) levels were within normal limits. No significant hepatic involvement was observed in isotopic live...

The author reports two cases of adenosquamous carcinoma of stomach. The first case is an 87-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital because of nausea and vomiting. Endoscopy revealed a large type 4 tumor in the stomach, and biopsy showed squamous cell carcinoma. Total gastrectomy, cholecystectomy, splenectomy and lymph node dissection were performed. Pathologically, the gastric tumor co...

1Resident Radiologist, Instituto de Radiologia (INRAD), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Resident Gastroenterologist, Instituto da Criança, HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Resident Pathologist, HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 4PhD in Medicine from Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Head of the Service of Gastroenterology...