Histological complete response after neoadjuvant therapy in advanced gastric cancer Introduction: This article describes the first case in Peru where a patient with an advanced gastric cancer showed pathologic complete response to neoadjuvance indicated due an extensive involvement of paraaortic and celiac trunk lymph nodes. Clinical case: 51 year old female patient, after 4 cycles of chemotherapy, the former with epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine and the remaining three with epirubicin, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil, a complete response was obtained from the tomographic point of view. Later patient underwent total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen verified only scar tissue without evidence of malignancy in both, the stomach and the lymph nodes removed. Further we present a review of the relevant medical literature to date.
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