Nobushige Yabe, Takashi Takenoya, Ippei Oto, Yuko Harada, Aya Kondo, Masashi Ogiso, Hinako Maeda, Yusuke Asada, Hiroyuki Sako, Takahisa Yoshikawa, Koji Osumi, Noriki Kamiya, Keiichi Sotome, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Masahiko Watanabe
A man patient in his 70s underwent left nephrectomy and laparoscopic partial gastrectomy for the treatment of a left renal cell carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)arising from the stomach. Histopathologically, both the renal cell carcinoma and GIST were kit-positive, CD34-positive, and S-100 protein-negative, and the Ki-67 index was about 40% as determined by the hot spot method, so that it was diagnosed as an intermediate-group GIST. After surgery, the patient was followed without adjuvant therapy, as he did not wish to receive postoperative chemotherapy...
December 2023: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy