[Two metastatic colonic cancer patients successfully treated by combination therapy of tegafur/uracil (UFT) and oral Leucovorin].
Two metastatic colonic cancer patients were successfully treated by the combination therapy of UFT plus oral Leucovorin (UFT/LV). UFT was administered orally every eight hours at a dose of 300 mg/day in case of less than 1.20 m(2), 400 mg/day in case of between 1.20 and 1.70 m(2), 500 mg/day in case of over 1.70 m(2), and Leucovorin (75 mg/day) was simultaneously given for 28 consecutive days and stopped for seven days. This cycle was repeated until the patients requested the therapy be discontinued or a severe adverse reaction was observed. Case 1: A 79-year-old male had undergone sigmoidectomy for colonic cancer in 2001 and was diagnosed with pulmonary metastases in August, 2005. His performance status (PS) was grade 3. Case 2: A 61-year-old male with liver metastasis whose primary colonic lesion was surgically resected. After 2 cycles of UFT/LV therapy, a good partial response was achieved in both cases. Adverse effects were very mild, indicating that this therapy was very safe and recommendable for the treatment of metastatic colonic cancer patients with poor PS.
Ina
Kenji
K
Dept. of Clinical Oncology, Nagoya Memorial Hospital.
Kataoka
Takae
T
Ohkita
Takeshi
T
Nagao
Seiji
S
Ito
Asahi
A
Inagaki
Jiro
J
Kato
Hisaaki
H
Ando
Takafumi
T
Niwa
Yasumasa
Y
Goto
Hidemi
H
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
D004338:Drug Combinations; C096910:UFT(R) drug; D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil; D002955:Leucovorin