title: [A case report of successful local control with chemoradiation for unresectable rectal cancer].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niinobu
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Naozumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakon
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil