title: [A case of liver metastasis from gastric cancer responding completely to S-1/docetaxel chemotherapy].
abstract: A 68-year-old man was introduced to our hospital with right lower abdominal pain. Endoscopic examination and abdominal CT revealed gastric cancer with liver metastasis. We started chemotherapy using S-1(120 mg/body/day), orally administered for 2 weeks followed by a 2-week rest period, and docetaxel(35 mg/m(2)), administered intravenously on day 1 and 15 as 1 course. After 4 courses of chemotherapy, the liver tumor reduced markedly and no new cancerous region was found by examination; therefore total gastrectomy and partial hepatectomy were performed. Histological examination showed an undifferentiated adenocarcinoma remaining as Grade 1b in the resected stomach. A resected specimen of the liver showed necrotic tissue without any cancer cells. This case suggests that S-1/docetaxel chemotherapy may reduce the stage of unresectable liver metastasis from gastric cancer and make a curative operation possible.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirabe
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kounoe
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aishima
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakeji
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077143:Docetaxel; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010094:Oxonic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D043823:Taxoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D043823:Taxoids; C079198:S 1 (combination); D005641:Tegafur; D000077143:Docetaxel; D010094:Oxonic Acid