[A case of pulmonary metastases of breast cancer responding remarkably to combined chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and low-dose cisplatin].
A 46-year-old-woman underwent breast preserving mastectomy for advanced breast cancer. Seven months after operation, pulmonary metastases were found. The patient was admitted and treated with combined chemotherapy of 5-fluorouracil and low-dose cisplatin for 4 weeks. After discharge, UFT 300 mg orally every day and cisplatin 5 mg div once week were administered for 2 years on an outpatient basis. The result was disappearance of the pulmonary metastases. Five years after operation, the patient is alive without any sign of the pulmonary metastasis.
Iwamoto
M
M
Dept. of Surgery, Yanagawa Prefectural Hospital.
Niiya
F
F
Ikeda
S
S
Nagata
S
S
Odou
E
E
Hayabuchi
N
N
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil