The safety and feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer in very elderly patients: short-and long-term outcomes.

Purpose: It remains unclear whether laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for gastric cancer is a suitable treatment for very elderly (VE) patients. We aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of LG for gastric cancer in VE patients.

Methods: We reviewed 226 consecutive patients who underwent LG between January 2010 and December 2016.

Pancreatic-type Acinar Cell Carcinoma of the Stomach Included in Multiple Primary Carcinomas.

Background/aim: Pancreatic-type acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) in the stomach is extraordinarily rare. We pathologically examined two cases with multiple primary carcinomas, including gastric tumors.

Patients And Methods: Gastric cancer specimens were examined by immunostaining and electron microscopy.

[A Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus with Achalasia -- Conversion from Chemoradiotherapy to Surgery].

The patient was a 67-year-old woman with achalasia and squamous cell carcinoma(SCC)of the esophagus. She presented with a difficulty in swallowing. The cancer was on the surface of the esophagus.

[Clinical Response of Metastatic Colon Cancer to Chemotherapy with S-1 and Oxaliplatin - A Case Report].

Chemotherapy with S-1 and oxaliplatin is a new treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. We present the first case of S-1, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab therapy in our hospital. The patient was a 69-year-old woman with ascending colon cancer and multiple lung and liver metastases.

[Clinicopathological features of young patients with triple negative breast cancer].

This study investigated triple negative diagnoses that occurred in 27 (11%) out of 243 cases of breast cancer analyzed for the presence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor( PgR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER 2). In 5 of the triple negative cases of breast cancer, the patients were young, under 35 years of age (average age of 29). In 22 of the cases, the women were 35 years or older (average age of 66).