[A Case of Curatively Resected Locally Advanced Cancer of the Pancreatic Body Treated by Distal Pancreatectomy with En Bloc Celiac Axis Resection after Preoperative Intensive Treatment]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2016 Nov;43(12):2068-2070.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman with locally advanced pancreatic body cancer invading the celiac axis underwent 4 courses of preoperative chemotherapy consisting of gemcitabine(GEM)plus nab-paclitaxel(nab-PTX)on days 1, 8, and 15 every 4 weeks, followed by radiation therapy(CRT; 50.4Gy delivered in 28 daily fractions). The tumor size was greatly diminished and levels of all tumor markers were decreased. R0resection by distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection(DP-CAR)was performed. The histopathologic findings showed that the effect of CRT was grade 2b(Evans' classification), and the surgical margins were histologically clear. After the surgery, S-1 was administered continuously. The patient shows no signs of recurrence 1 year after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Albumins / administration & dosage
  • Celiac Artery / surgery*
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Female
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • 130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel
  • Albumins
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Paclitaxel
  • Gemcitabine