Abstract
The prognosis of advanced gastric cancer remains poor. Palliative radiotherapy has been utilized to palliate bleeding in unresectable gastric cancer. Recent studies have described that a systemic immune response may be induced by local radiotherapy to the primary tumor lesion. Here we report a rare case of an abscopal effect in a patient with inoperable gastric cancer combined with tumor hemorrhage. A short course of radiotherapy was performed to palliate bleeding; additionally, the patient was treated with chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Complete response was achieved in the lung metastasis lesion. The observed abscopal effect suggests that there may be a synergistic effect between immunotherapy and radiotherapy. This case report supports the combination of immunotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer.
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