title: [Case report of advanced esophageal cancer patient surviving for a long time after asynchronous chemoradiation].
abstract: We have present a case of advanced esophageal cancer(Stage IVb), that has survived for 7 years and 4 months after systemic hemotherapy followed by radiation therapy. The patient is a female, 63 years old. We diagnosed her with esophageal cancer Stage IVb with direct invasion to the main bronchus and the metastatic lesion to the right lobe of thyroid gland. Then we initiated low-dose FP therapy(5-FU 500 mg/day/body, day 1-7, CDDP 10 mg/day/body day 1-5), and then continued UFT+CDDP(UFT 400 mg/day, CDDP 10 mg/day). About 4 years and eight months after chemotherapy we detected swelling of a mediastinal lymph node, which was assessed as a recurrence. Then we started the radiation therapy. Since she has received UFT, we have not seen any recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of General Surgery, Health Insurance Hitoyoshi General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kousei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Takumasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents