[An example case that chemoradiotherapy was succeeded for unresectable pancreas cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Nov;38(12):2155-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Prognosis of pancreas cancer is extremely poor. For unresectable pancreas cancer, there has not been an effective method of treating. In our institution, the mean survival time was 13 . 6 months for a chemoradiotherapy case that used gemcitabine (GEM), but was 7.3 months for a non-treatment case in locally advanced and metastatic pancreas cancer. This time, we experienced a good case for unresectable pancreas cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy using GEM/S-1 that clearly exhibited a decrease in tumor size by tumor marker.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Chemoradiotherapy*
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Deoxycytidine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Gemcitabine