[An autopsied case of an aged patient with advanced gastric cancer that showed a complete response to immunochemotherapy].
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 Macroscopically, his gastric tumor was found to have completely disappeared and had been replaced by a yellowish-white scar tissue.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.
Mizumoto
S
S
Dept. of Surgery, Minoh City Hospital.
Ohoue
M
M
Takami
Y
Y
Iihara
K
K
Kurokawa
E
E
Akashi
H
H
Aoki
Y
Y
Mori
H
H
Okano
K
K
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*
D001688:Biological Products; D013488:Suppositories; D005641:Tegafur; D010844:Picibanil