[Complete response in a case of advanced esophageal and gastric double cancer treated by chemotherapy of TS-1 and low-dose cisplatin].
A 78-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of dysphagea on April 8, 2005. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination showed type 2 esophageal cancer in the lower thoracic area and type 3 gastric cancer in the upper body. Computed tomography showed No. 3 lymph node swelling, but no distant metastasis. Surgery was contraindicated because of many complications, so the patient was given combined chemotherapy with TS-1 and low-dose cisplatin. Chemotherapy was started on April 18. After 2 courses of chemotherapy the esophageal lesion showed a complete response, and after 5 courses the gastric lesion evidenced a complete response.
Yasumura
Tomotaka
T
Dept. of Surgery, Yamanashi Hospital of Social Insurance.
Maruyama
Takanori
T
Kaji
Satoshi
S
Yagawa
Akiharu
A
Ozawa
Toshifusa
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010094:Oxonic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage
D004338:Drug Combinations; C079198:S 1 (combination); D005641:Tegafur; D010094:Oxonic Acid; D002945:Cisplatin