[A case of lung metastasis from colon cancer controlled effectively by the stereotactic radiotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(12):2551-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 73-year-old man underwent a sigmoid colon resection and an insertion of a hepatic arterial infusion catheter for multiple liver metastases from sigmoid colon cancer. After the hepatectomy, the patient was detected a lung metastasis and was scheduled to undergo mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy. The tumor lesion was reduced once in size, but it has grown again after the chemotherapy. So, we underwent a stereotactic radiotherapy (60 Gy/10 Fr). The tumor lesion became a scar and the patient was doing well without any recurrence at 21 months after undergoing stereotactic radiotherapy. Lung resection has a better result than other treatments for a lung metastasis caused from colon cancer, but there are some cases with no indication of the operation due to a complication. Stereotactic radiotherapy can be an effective treatment for lung metastasis from colon cancer with no indication of the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / therapeutic use
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Radiosurgery*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • Folfox protocol