[Successful chemotherapy with carboplatin and docetaxel for an elderly patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer].
A 79-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with right hypochondrium pain. His chest X-ray and CT scan showed a mass lesion on the left upper lobe, and multiple metastases in the liver. The diagnosis was non-small cell carcinoma of the lung. He received 4 courses of combined chemotherapy of carboplatin and docetaxel every 4 weeks. At the end of 4 courses, a partial response was achieved. Two courses of a in similar regimen were added at the time of a later recurrence, and the effect was a partial response. Carboplatin+docetaxel combined chemotherapy, which can be conducted relatively safely on an outpatient basis, may be an effective treatment for non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly.
Kawashima
Sayaka
S
Dept.of Internal Medicine, Sakura Hospital of Toho University.
Kawashima
Tatsuo
T
Kuroda
Toshihisa
T
Kikkawa
Kyouko
K
Nishi
Yumiko
Y
Tanabe
Masaaki
M
Gotou
Tsukane
T
Matsuzawa
Yasuo
Y
Shirai
Kouji
K
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D000077143:Docetaxel; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D043823:Taxoids / Q000008:administration & dosage
D043823:Taxoids; D000077143:Docetaxel; D016190:Carboplatin