[Treatment with S-1 and radiation therapy for advanced lung cancer invading chest wall].
The patient was a 63-year-old man, who had been suffering from lung cancer with left chest wall invasion and contralateral pulmonary metastases. Due to the severe pain caused by this advanced lung cancer with poor performance status (PS), oxycodone was administered for treatment. Radiotherapy was used for local tumor control and oral S-1 was given as systemic chemotherapy. The local control rate (near CR) and the PS were improved effectively by this combination of palliative treatment. As a result, he was allowed to return home and followed as an outpatient. Our experience suggests that positive palliative treatment improves the quality of life (QOL) of patients and provides survival benefits.
Furuichi
Motohiko
M
Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan.
Muramatsu
Takashi
T
Shimamura
Mie
M
Nishii
Tatsuhiko
T
Takeshita
Shinji
S
Ishimoto
Shinichiro
S
Morooka
Hiroaki
H
Sodeyama
Masako
M
Sakurai
Kenichi
K
Amano
Sadao
S
Ohmori
Ikko
I
Shiono
Motomi
M
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010094:Oxonic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011788:Quality of Life; D005641:Tegafur / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D035441:Thoracic Wall
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D004338:Drug Combinations; C079198:S 1 (combination); D005641:Tegafur; D010094:Oxonic Acid