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Adenocarcinoma
Reports from Y. Kato et al highlight recent research in adenocarcinoma
May 27th, 2008
"Multiple primary cancers including small intestinal tumors are rare. We describe the first curative resection case of metachronous triple early cancers involving the jejunum as well as the stomach and esophagus," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report. "The patient had undergone total gastrectomy for a gastric adenocarcinoma and subsequent esophagectomy for an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A jejunal adenocarcinoma, the third primary, occurred at the blind stump of the jejunal limb of a Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy reconstructed previously. This tumor was removed by partial resection of the limb with the preservation of the esophagojejunostomy. The patient died from...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-27)
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