Early Liver Metastasis from Early Gastric Adenocarcinoma with a Small Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Component: A Case Report
A small NEC component may be undetectable preoperatively. The prognosis of mixed tumors is dictated by the malignancy of the NEC component rather than its tumor burden. Therefore, clinicians should consider NEC-equivalent adjuvant chemotherapy and intensive surveillance.
Authors
- Hidetaka Kawamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-0701)
- Kyoko NISHINO
- Soshi Hori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6803-1610)
- Noriyuki Uesugi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-6660)
- Takahisa Hirano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2276-8637)
- Michitaka Honda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-9881)
- Ryuya Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-7494)
- Tamotsu Sugai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-3557)
- Nobuyasu Suzuki
- Masatoshi Noda
- Yoshinao Takano
- Hirohito Kakinuma
Institutions
- Fukushima Medical University (JP)
- Southern Tohoku General Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70352/scrj.cr.25-0296
- Primary Topic
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00