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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the most frequently performed bariatric procedures worldwide. Remnant gastric cancer after RYGB is a rare complication. There were about seventeen cases reported in the world. The location of the tumor in these cases occurs mainly in the gastric antrum, followed by the body, then the pylorus and linitis plastica, and the last was fundus of the stomach. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case that gastric cancer located in the cardia of stomach after RYGB.