[Report of two cases successfully treated by chemo-radiation against lymph node metastasis after gastric cancer surgery]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(12):2496-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 68-year-old male patient with mediastinal node metastasis 40 months after total gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer, and a 72-year-old male patient with para aortic node metastasis were treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy of 1.8 Gy × 5 × 6 week with S-1 (100 mg/body, days 1-14 and 22-35) + docetaxel (30 mg/body, days 1, 8, 22, 29). Although two patients developed a lymph node recurrence during multiple chemotherapies including S-1, they have responded well and demonstrated complete response after chemo-radio therapy. Grade 3 esophagitis was sole adverse side effect. In contrast to the western countries, chemo-radio therapy was not recognized as a standard treatment for gastric cancer in Japan. However, our report suggested that chemo-radio therapy can be an option for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Docetaxel
  • Drug Combinations
  • Gastrectomy
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis*
  • Male
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Taxoids
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Taxoids
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Docetaxel
  • Oxonic Acid