Double cancer (lung and colon cancer) that showed complete remission with irinotecan and cisplatin combined chemotherapy.
We report a rare case of double (colon and lung) cancer which showed complete remission with chemotherapy with irinotecan (CPT-11) and cisplatin (CDDP). The patient was a 67-year-old man who was diagnosed as having double cancer (stage IIIb pulmonary adenocarcinoma and stage 0 [or 1] well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon). Two courses of chemotherapy (CPT-11, 60 mg/m2, days 1 and 8; CDDP, 30 mg/m2, days 1 and 8) were performed. The combination therapy of CPT-11 and CDDP was very effective. In Japan, there have been few published reports describing the use of CPT-11 for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer. We think that the use of CPT-11 in gastrointestinal cancer is promising.
Kaneki
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Koizumi
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Kawashima
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Tsushima
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Kubo
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Fujimoto
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Honda
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Akamatsu
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011859:Radiography
D000077146:Irinotecan; D002945:Cisplatin; D002166:Camptothecin