[A case of gastric cancer with posterior mediastinal lymph node metastasis responding to combination therapy of Paclitaxel and S-1].
The patient was a 73-year-old man who was hospitalized with advanced gastric cancer. Computer tomography showed multiple liver and mediastinum lymph node metastases. Therefore, he was diagnosed as unresectable gastric cancer(Stage IV). We attempted low-dose combination therapy of CDDP and S-1, but it was ineffective against advance gastric cancer. We decided to change the chemotherapy, using combination therapy of paclitaxel and S-1. In the regimen, paclitaxel (60 mg/m/2) was administered on day 1, day 8, and day 15. S-1 (80 mg/m2) was administered 4 weeks with a 2-week rest. After the 2 courses, computer tomography showed reduction of the liver metastasis and disappeared of the lymph node metastases. Therefore, he could undergo total gastrectomy and radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases. He continued this combination therapy one year after the operation. The cancer has not recurred thus far. When combination chemotherapy of paclitaxel and S-1 was effective against Stage IV gastric cancer, we suggested that radical surgery is possible for those cases.
Naito
Masayasu
M
Dept. of Surgery, Fukuoka University.
Shinohara
Tetsuo
T
Ishii
Fumiaki
F
Shibata
Ryousuke
R
Yamaguchi
Ryousuke
R
Maki
Kenji
K
Hoshino
Seiichirou
S
Tanaka
Shinnosuke
S
Yamashita
Yuichi
Y
D000368:Aged; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D010094:Oxonic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004338:Drug Combinations; C079198:S 1 (combination); D005641:Tegafur; D010094:Oxonic Acid; D017239:Paclitaxel