Advanced gastric cancer successfully resected following cisplatin therapy: report of a case.
A case of unresectable advanced gastric cancer was treated with cis-dichlorodiammine platinum (CDDP) at a dosage of 30 mg/day for 5 days every month after operation. After three courses of administration, examinations revealed that the tumor had disappeared, and an evaluation of complete response was made. Four months later, a second-look operation was performed; and it was found that the cancer was smaller than a thumb and could be resected radically. No significant side effects were observed during CDDP therapy.
Saji
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S
Second Department of Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kishimoto
Y
Y
Sakata
K
K
Furuta
T
T
Tanemura
H
H
Kawata
R
R
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D002945:Cisplatin