[A case report of successful local control with chemoradiation for unresectable rectal cancer].
We report a patient with a case of advanced rectal cancer with unresectable liver metastasis, who received the combination of systemic chemotherapy of 5-FU/l-LV and external radiation therapy. He was alive for 21 months. He had been able to maintain a good quality of life without any complaints of the primary rectal tumor.
Amano
Masahiro
M
Dept. of Surgery, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital.
Niinobu
Takahiro
T
Nishikawa
Yasuaki
Y
Yamashita
Shinya
S
Nakagawa
Sumiko
S
Higaki
Naozumi
N
Hayashida
Hiroto
H
Yoshioka
Yasuo
Y
Fujita
Makoto
M
Sakon
Masato
M
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*
D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil