| Title | Metastatic gastric stump cancer occurring six years after a partial gastrectomy for gastric ulcer. | | Author(s) | Laiyemo AO, Smoot DT | | Institution | Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Biometry Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. laiyemoa@mail.nih.gov | | Source | J Natl Med Assoc 2008 Jun; 100(6):737-9. | | Abstract | Gastric stump cancer (GSC) is known to occur following partial gastrectomy for benign diseases. The risk is believed to increase four-to-five-fold 20 years after gastrectomy. We report a 41-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the gastric stump six years after he underwent a partial gastrectomy for a gastric ulcer, following a major rebleeding episode. We highlight the need for identification of patients at risk of developing gastric stump cancer-especially as it has now been described in patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery for obesity-a population that continues to increase. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18595579 |
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