Gastric cancer: complete chemotherapy response in an elderly woman: current status of treatment.
Complete response to chemotherapy treatment was achieved in an 86-year-old woman with extensive metastatic gastric carcinoma. Thirty months after the initiation of treatment, the patient continues to be in complete remission. Chemotherapy consisted of a modified FAM regimen (5 FU, mitomycin C, and doxorubicin) for 1 year. Current chemotherapy recommendations for gastric carcinoma as well as the medical, psychosocial, and ethical considerations for chemotherapy treatment in the elderly are reviewed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary
D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005472:Fluorouracil