title: [A case report of advanced rectal cancer showing a pathological complete response by neo-adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy].
abstract: A 72-year-old man was admitted with melena. Colonoscopy detected an advanced rectal cancer. CT scan revealed the prostate was invaded. We decided to start a systemic chemotherapy (mFOLFOX6). The chemotherapy (mFOLFOX6) was performed six times. After the treatment with chemotherapy, the tumor shrunk. Abdominoperineal resection of rectum was done, and a final pathological examination revealed a complete response of the main tumor.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagahara
authors.forename: Naoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muguruma
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Masaichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Kosei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil