[A case of recurrent gastric cancer with skin and lung metastasis treated by low-dose paclitaxel therapy].
A case of recurrent gastric cancer with metastases to the skin and lung was treated successfully with low-dose paclitaxel after oral TS-1 administration. The patient was a 73-year-old man who underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer on April 3, 2000. Two years and four months after the operation, an increasing CA19-9 concentration and metastases to the skin and both lungs were observed. Oral TS-1 was given, but had to be stopped because of diarrhea. The metastatic lesions of the skin were resected, and low-dose paclitaxel (100 mg) was given once a week for 6 weeks. Five months later, the metastatic lesions of the right and left lung had decreased in size by 62% and 100%, respectively. CA19-9 fell to below the cut-off value 2 months after starting therapy. A decrease in the hemoglobin level of grade 1 was observed. Low-dose paclitaxel for recurrent gastric cancer after TS-1 therapy causes few side effects and may well be effective.
Takemura
Masashi
M
Dept of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine.
Osugi
Harushi
H
Lee
Shigeru
S
Kaneko
Masahiro
M
Tanaka
Yoshinori
Y
Fujiwara
Yushi
Y
Nishizawa
Satoshi
S
Iwasaki
Hiroshi
H
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel