title: [Histological complete response in a case of advanced gastric endocrine carcinoma treated by irinotecan plus cisplatin].
abstract: A 65-year-old man was admitted because of epigastralgia and body weight loss. A 50-mm tumor found at the lesser curvature of the gastric antrum was histologically diagnosed as endocrine carcinoma. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed liver metastasis and multiple lymph node metastasis. We started chemotherapy with irinotecan and cisplatin every 4 week. After three courses of treatment, the primary lesion was estimated PR, the metastasis CR, and the synthesis PR. Then we performed distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection. Histological findings revealed no cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto City Hospital. kiritosi3@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirishima
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshinami
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marui
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motoyoshi
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Junpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takaaki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000077146:Irinotecan; D002945:Cisplatin; D002166:Camptothecin