[A case of gastric cancer with liver metastasis had a good reaction to S-1/CDDP chemotherapy after S-1 chemotherapy was ineffective]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Oct;38(10):1691-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A woman in her sixties underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The pathological diagnosis was pT3, pN3, sH0, pCY0, sP0, sM0, fStage IV. Chemotherapy with S-1 was used after surgical treatment. Because a CT scan after three courses chemotherapy showed the paraaortic lymph nodes swelling, combination chemotherapy with S-1 and docetaxel was used as a second-line chemotherapy. When the CT scan after 8 courses of this combination chemotherapy revealed multiple liver metastases, the chemotherapy was changed to CPT-11 monotherapy and paclitaxel monotherapy as the third-and fourth-line chemotherapy, respectively. In spite of those chemotherapies, the metastatic disease progressed, and therefore, combination chemotherapy with S-1 and CDDP was used as the fifth-line chemotherapy. After 6 courses of this treatment, serum CEA and CA19-9 levels dropped into the normal range. Multiple liver metastases were markedly reduced, and were considered as a partial response(PR). The patient is still alive, maintaining the effect of PR for 17 months without any adverse effects except appetite loss and vomiting of grade 2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Synergism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Oxonic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Salvage Therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid
  • Cisplatin