A case of complete response to S-1 plus CDDP in early-stage mucosal esophageal cancer

Anticancer Res. 2011 Mar;31(3):1019-22.

Abstract

We report a case of early-stage mucosal esophageal cancer, showing a complete response to S-1 and cis-diamminedichloplatinum (CDDP). The patient was a 67-year-old man with synchronous double primary early-stage mucosal esophageal and advanced gastric cancer. We planned neoadjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 and CDDP for the advanced gastric cancer and endoscopic mucosal resection for the early-stage esophageal cancer. After the first course of chemotherapy, the endoscopy revealed that the esophageal cancer had become a normal mucosal lesion, and the biopsy was negative for cancer. We diagnosed a complete response to S-1 and CDDP in early-stage esophageal cancer. After two courses of chemotherapy, distal gastrectomy was performed. The patient is still alive with no sign of recurrence at 16 months after the disappearance of the original tumor. These results suggest that chemotherapy with S-1 plus CDDP may be effective in early-stage esophageal cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucous Membrane / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Oxonic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

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