title: [A case of gastric small cell carcinoma with metastatic liver tumors responding to surgery and chemotherapy].
abstract: We report a case of gastric small cell carcinoma with metastatic liver tumors responding to surgery and chemotherapy. The patient was a 67-year-old man with advanced gastric cancer, clinically diagnosed as P0H1M0CY0T3N1. He was registered in a phase III trial, and was scheduled to undergo gastrectomy and S-1 plus CDDP chemotherapy after surgery. He underwent D1 total gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y reconstruction. Small cell carcinoma of the stomach was diagnosed from the histopathological findings. After surgery, he received the following chemotherapy: 13 courses of CPT-11 plus CDDP chemotherapy, 2 courses of S-1, 5 courses of paclitaxel, and 6 courses of CPT-11. The patient is alive 22 months after his operation. We conclude that the combination of surgery and chemotherapy was effective for small cell carcinoma of the stomach, which was considered to have a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yukawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rino
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitani
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuburaya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents