title: [Concurrent low-dose cisplatin/5-FU chemotherapy and radiation for the recurrent gastric carcinoma--case reports].
abstract: We report two postoperative cases of recurrent gastric carcinoma successfully treated with concurrent low-dose cisplatin/5-FU chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Case 1: A 74-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy and splenectomy for advanced gastric carcinoma followed by a local recurrence at the anastomotic site 6 months after surgery. Case 2: A 75-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy and splenectomy for advanced gastric carcinoma followed by multiple lymph node swelling along the abdominal aorta one year after surgery. We employed concurrent radiation therapy and low-dose CDDP/5-FU therapy for the recurrent gastric carcinoma tumor which consisted of 5-FU (125-250 mg/body/day, as a 24-h intravenous injection for 4 weeks) and low-dose cisplatin (10 mg/body on day 1, 8, 15, 22). X-ray radiation was delivered to the target tumor in a daily fraction of 1.8 Gy, 6 days/week, with a total dose of 50.4 Gy. PR and CR were obtained after the therapy. Grade 3 leucopenia was observed in Case 1,which was successfully treated with G-CSF injection. The concurrent low-dose cisplatin/5-FU chemotherapy and radiation therapy could be an effective treatment modality for the recurrent tumors of gastric carcinoma after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Tsukuba Gakuen Hospital.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gohongi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orii
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013156:Splenectomy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil