[A case of advanced pancreatic cancer successfully treated by combined chemotherapy of S-1 and gemcitabine as second-line chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2007 Jul;34(7):1131-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 63-year-old man who suffered from advanced pancreatic cancer (T 4 N 3 M 0, Stage IVb). Palliative operation was performed for obstructive jaundice. He was treated with chemotherapy of gemcitabine (GEM) alone as first-line, and combined chemotherapy of GEM and S-1 as second-line. Both therapies were effective for this patient. Tumor marker (CA 19-9) decreased after chemotherapies (first-line: 5,692 U/mL to 70 U/mL, second-line: 4,877 U/mL to 562 U/mL). No toxic events were observed due to these therapies, so he was treated as an outpatient for about 2 years. It was considered that he had a good quality of life.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Combinations
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Quality of Life
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Deoxycytidine
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid
  • Gemcitabine