[A case of early gastric carcinoma which disappeared with treatment of low dose 5-FU].
A 60-year-old male with early gastric carcinoma of Ha type, had received colectomy for his carcinoma in transverse colon. He was treated after operation with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) orally at 200 mg per day. One and a half month after operation at a total dose 8.4 g 5-FU, the patient was examined on his stomach by endoscope and barium enema. The polypoid tumor in the stomach was not recognized there. No lesion has been noticed in his stomach endoscopically in the following 1 year.
Shouji
I
I
Fukusima Daiichi Hospital.
Watanabe
H
H
Terasima
K
K
Igari
H
H
Akuzawa
K
K
Ueki
Y
Y
D000284:Administration, Oral; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
D005472:Fluorouracil