title: [An autopsied case of an aged patient with advanced gastric cancer that showed a complete response to immunochemotherapy].
abstract: Described is the case of an 88-year-old male suffering from advanced hemorrhagic gastric cancer who, because of surgical risk factors, was conservatively treated with immuno-chemotherapy in the form of suppositories containing ftorafur (FT-207) and Picibanil (OK-432). The patient showed marked clinical improvement from this therapy. However, his advanced age and other associated complications kept us from performing further examinations, such as an upper-G-I series and a gastrofiberscopy. A year and 4-months later, the patients died of pneumonia and subsequently was autopsied. Macroscopically, his gastric tumor was found to have completely disappeared and had been replaced by a yellowish-white scar tissue. Microscopically, no cancer cells were found in the examined specimens or in the regional lymph nodes.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Minoh City Hospital.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iihara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okano
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010844:Picibanil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012074:Remission Induction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013488:Suppositories; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D013488:Suppositories; D005641:Tegafur; D010844:Picibanil