[A case of advanced gastric cancer with multiple liver metastases completely responding to combination of paclitaxel and S-1]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Jul;35(7):1197-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 46-year-old female was admitted to Kagoshima University Hospital with a complaint of epigastralgia and dysphasia. Gastrointestinal scopy revealed advanced gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach. Pathological diagnosis of the biopsy specimen was moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Abdominal CT suggested multiple liver metastases, so a combination of biweekly paclitaxel(PTX)and S-1 was started. After five courses of this regimen, the liver metastases and primary tumor were remarkably regressed. PTX was discontinued because of a grade 3 adverse effect of numbness. Nevertheless S-1 monotherapy for liver metastases resulted in a complete response. She has been well without tumor re-growth for 4 years. The combination of PTX and S-1 may be an effective regimen for gastric cancer with liver metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Gastroscopy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Oxonic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Paclitaxel / therapeutic use*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

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