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An Unusual Metastatic Site Of Head And Neck Cancer; Case Report And Literature Review, Abdulrauf A. Salamah, Moftah M. Sharad, Mohamed Sultan

Marshall Journal of Medicine

The annual occurrence of Head and Neck caner (HNC) is documented to be more than 650,000 cases with 330,000 deaths. In the United States, it represents 3% of all malignancies and affects 53,000 Americans. Metastasis to the lung, liver and bones are considered the most common locations. Herein, We are reporting a case of HNC and an unusual synchronous gastric metastasis found on an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (EGD) after CECT scanning of Abdomen shows only the mass that related to stomach fundus and MRI pelvic no mass could be seen. Both cancers were poorly differentiation on histopathology, which raises the …

Eradication Of Stage Iv Gastric Cancer: Case Report, Ibrahim Mohammed, Cherishma Nagisetty, Arslan Iqbal, Michael Abdelmasseh, Doreen Griswold, Muhammad Omer Jamil, Juan R. Sanabria

Marshall Journal of Medicine

Background. Gastric cancer has a low overall survival rate worldwide, and surgery still remains the intent to cure option on early stages of disease. HER-2 positive cancers may have a survival advantage. We present a patient with stage IV gastric cancer HER-2 positive responsive to Herceptin, free of detectable disease two years after surgery.

Patient Presentation. 70 years old Caucasian male complained of left-sided chest pain. Upon evaluation, he was diagnosed with HER-2 positive adenocarcinoma of the stomach at the pylorus with two liver metastases. Near complete response was observed with Herceptin and Cis-platinum based chemotherapy followed by 80% distal …