Role of D2 gastrectomy in gastric cancer with clinical para-aortic lymph node metastasis

Figure 4 Computed tomography images of a gastric cancer patient with clinically positive para-aortic node metastasis who has survived for more than 70. 1 mo. A: At baseline; B: Incomplete response of para-aortic lymph nodes after two cycles of preoperative chemotherapy (1.5 mo after initial treatment); C: After D2 gastrectomy (2.2 mo after initial treatment); D: Follow-up after adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (70.1 months after initial treatment).