title: [Cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and high-dose leucovorin for advanced esophageal cancer].
abstract: We report the effects and toxicities of intravenous administration of cisplatin, 5-FU and high-dose leucovorin for advanced esophageal cancer. Eight patients were registered and sixteen lesions were measurable. Of these sixteen lesions, thirteen were primary or synchronous metastatic lesions, and the response was 69%. Three were recurrence lesions, and the response rate for them was 0%. Including seven neoadjuvant cases, ten patients had oral mucositis, and seven patients had appetite loss. Other toxicities were diarrhea, myelosuppression, renal dysfunction, and alopecia. All were reversible after administration. It is suggested that this treatment regimen is a superior neoadjuvant chemotherapy with low toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Yokohama City Kowan Hospital.
authors.forename: Roppei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000505:Alopecia / Q000139:chemically induced; D000855:Anorexia / Q000139:chemically induced; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil