Perforation of gastric metastasis during chemotherapy with ramucirumab

Autor: Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Mayu Kobashi, Hiroyuki Okada
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Current problems in cancer. 45(2)
ISSN: 1535-6345
Popis: A 59-year-old man received fifth line chemotherapy with ramucirumab and protein-bound paclitaxel for gastric metastasis from esophagogastric junction cancer. On day 3 of the third course, he had severe chest pain and a high fever. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed gastric perforation at the point of the metastatic lesion.
Databáze: OpenAIRE