title: [Three cases of complete response after treatment with UFT and leucovorin for recurrent colorectal cancer].
abstract: We report three cases of complete response (CR) after treatment with UFT/LV for recurrent colorectal cancer. Case 1: A 44-year-old man was diagnosed with multiple liver metastases after resection of cecal cancer. UFT (500 mg/day)/Leucovorin (75 mg/day) was administered. Metastatic lesions of the liver completely disappeared on computed tomography(CT)one month after chemotherapy. Grade 2 hyperbilirubinemia and grade 1 diarrhea, pigmentation and rash were recognized. No signs of recurrence were observed for 35 months. Case 2: A 66-year-old man who underwent left colectomy and partial hepatectomy for transverse colon cancer and descending colon cancer with liver metastasis was determined to have multiple lung metastases. UFT/LV therapy was started. The lung lesions became only scars 7 months later. Adverse events were not seen. No other recurrence was found over 20 months. Case 3: A 66- year-old woman was detected with a lymph node recurrence after surgery for rectal cancer. CT revealed the disappearance of the tumor after 7 courses of UFT/LV therapy. Grade 2 hyperbilirubinemia appeared. Recurrence was not observed for 22 months, and the treatment has been discontinued.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takii
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabusaki
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nashimoto
authors.forename: Otsuo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005641:Tegafur / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014498:Uracil / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil; D002955:Leucovorin