1997
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1997.tb00462.x
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Successful Palliative Treatment of Gastric Cancer with Splenic Metastasis and Tumor Thrombosis of the Portal Vein by Endoscopic Injection of OK‐432 Directly into the Primary Tumor

Abstract: We describe a case with main portal vein tumor thrombosis and splenic metastases from a gastric cancer. This is the first clinical report of these two metastases occurring concomitantly. The patient had no liver metastasis prior to therapy. We judged the tumor in this case to be unresectable and injected OK‐432 directly into the primary gastric cancer. Injection of OK‐432 resulted in remarkable reductions, in the sizes of the metastatic lesions in the spleen and some reduction in the size of the primary tumor.… Show more

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