title: [A case of recurrent esophageal cancer maintaining complete long-term response after 5'-DFUR and ftorafur administrations].
abstract: The authors report a case with esophageal cancer who had undergone a non-curative resection and showed a recurrence. Treatment with only oral 5'-DFUR resulted in complete response. This was followed by oral ftorafur, and the case has remained complete response for 40 months. It is rare to obtain such an effect in esophageal cancers by oral and sole administration of a drug in the 5-FU class. Our experience with this case is described.
authors.affiliation: Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naitoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maezato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsukawa
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005467:Floxuridine; D005641:Tegafur; C025034:doxifluridine