Fig. 6From: The therapeutic strategy for advanced gastric cancer with pyloric stenosis and liver metastasis; successfully treated by gastro-jejunal bypass and chemotherapy first, followed by curative R0 resectionClinical course of the present case. The clinical course and date since “initial visit to the hospital”. “First Ope” is gastro-jejunal bypass and “Second Ope” is distal gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy and partial hepatectomy. Normal range; AFP (alpha-fetoprotein;) ≤ 10.0 (ng/mL), PNI (prognostic Nutritional Index) ≥ 40, and Pre-ALB (pre-albumin) 21.0–41.0 (g/dL)Back to article page