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What Causes Stomach Cancer After Having Keyhole Surgery?

HI , my friend has recently been diagnosed with stomach cancer ( malignant gist) , she has just had keyhole surgery to remove an additional tumour that was blocking oesophagus, this was benign, since returning from hospital post surgery, she has been having seizures , she has had four. Can you offer any advice on these & what may be causing them ? Thank you ...
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.

It is not the key hole surgery which is causing stomach cancer. The reason is that there might have been a tumor in the abdomen which caused the benign tumor and some of the cells were still inside after the key hole surgery. With time these cells transformed to malignancy and therefore a malignant gist was formed.

The seizures cannot be ignored if she had 4 attacks. A CT scan brain is required to evaluate the brain for any new metastatic transformation. The malignant gist tumor can become aggressive and then this causes secondary deposits in other organs including brain, liver and lymphnodes. It is urgent to do a CT scan brain and look for disease spread. Please do not worry.
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What Causes Stomach Cancer After Having Keyhole Surgery?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. It is not the key hole surgery which is causing stomach cancer. The reason is that there might have been a tumor in the abdomen which caused the benign tumor and some of the cells were still inside after the key hole surgery. With time these cells transformed to malignancy and therefore a malignant gist was formed. The seizures cannot be ignored if she had 4 attacks. A CT scan brain is required to evaluate the brain for any new metastatic transformation. The malignant gist tumor can become aggressive and then this causes secondary deposits in other organs including brain, liver and lymphnodes. It is urgent to do a CT scan brain and look for disease spread. Please do not worry.