ArticleSurgical case reports2017
Spontaneous regression of transverse colon cancer: a case report.
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- A case of multiple advanced colon cancers with spontaneous regression of only one lesion after biopsy: a case report and literature review.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
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- Disappearing Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma in Gastric Cancer Patients.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Spontaneous regression of advanced transverse colon cancer with deficient mismatch repair: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Safety and Efficacy of an Oncolytic Adenovirus as an Immunotherapy for Canine Cancer Patients.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Temporary spontaneous regression of male breast cancer: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2020Article
- Genome-wide cell-free DNA mutational integration enables ultra-sensitive cancer monitoring.Nature medicine · 2020Article
- Spontaneous regression of advanced transverse colon cancer with remaining lymph node metastasis.Surgical case reports · 2020Article
- Spontaneous regression of pancreatic cancer with liver metastases.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Spontaneous regression of transverse colon cancer with high-frequency microsatellite instability: a case report and literature review.World journal of surgical oncology · 2019Review
- Spontaneous Regression of Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Lymph Node.Case reports in endocrinology · 2018Article
- New Cancer Therapies: Implications for the Perioperative Period.Current anesthesiology reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
Spontaneous regression (SR) of many malignant tumors has been well documented, with an approximate incidence of one per 60,000-100,000 cancer patients. However, SR of colorectal cancer (CRC) is very rare, accounting for less than 2% of such cases. We report a case of SR of transverse colon cancer in an 80-year-old man undergoing outpatient follow-up after surgical treatment of early gastric cancer. Colonoscopy (CS) revealed a Borrmann type II tumor in the transverse colon measuring 30 × 30 mm. Because the patient underwent anticoagulant therapy, we did not perform a biopsy at that time. A second CS was performed 1 week after the initial examination and revealed tumor shrinkage to a diameter of 20 mm and a shift to the Borrmann type III morphology. Biopsy revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. One week after the second CS, we performed a partial resection of the transverse colon and D2 lymph node dissection. Histopathology revealed inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis from the submucosal to muscularis propria layers in the absence of cancer cells, leading to pathological staging of pStage 0 (T0N0). The patient had an uneventful recovery, and CS performed at 5 months postoperatively revealed the absence of a tumor in the colon and rectum. The patient continues to be followed up as an outpatient at 12 months postoperatively, and no recurrence has been observed.
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