title: Alpha-fetoprotein expressing metastastic adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction responding favorably to capecitabine and oxaliplatin.
abstract: Alpha-fetoprotein-producing metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or the esophago-gastric junction usually exhibits either no or only short-term remission while receiving palliative chemotherapy. We report on a 76-year-old male patient suffering from an unresectable alpha-fetoprotein-producing adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction with several liver metastases. He was treated with capecitabine and oxaliplatin-based combination therapy. A long-lasting major remission was observed resulting in a survival of 18.5 months.
authors.affiliation: Onkologisches Zentrum, III. Medizinische Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. melanie.kripp@med3.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kripp
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ströbel
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dinter
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lukan
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hochhaus
authors.forename: Ralf-Dieter
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hofheinz