Abstract:Even in the era of genome-based medicine, daily practices of surgeons and pathologists are full of challenges in making the best management in the circumstances where limited information is available. In this anecdotal experience we'd like to present an instructive case of the patient with past history of distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer, who was pointed out having a synchronous tumorous lesion in the lung during the surveillance. Scrutinized pathological report of the past gastric cancer, staging based o… Show more
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