[A case of synchronous multiple liver metastases of rectal cancer successfully treated with tegafur/uracil and oral leucovorin chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Oct;38(10):1709-11.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of synchronous multiple liver metastases of rectal cancer successfully treated with tegafur/uracil(UFT) and oral Leucovorin (LV) chemotherapy. Lower anterior resection was carried out on the rectal cancer patient (an 80-year- old man), who had synchronous multiple liver metastases. The UFT (450 mg/day) and oral LV (75 mg/day) were orally administered for 4 weeks, followed by a 1-week interval after the surgical procedure. After completion of 16 courses, CT scan showed no liver metastases, and the patient was judged to have achieved a complete response (CR). The interval of CR was maintained for sixteen months until the age of 82. This chemotherapy is expected to have a potent therapeutic efficacy for older adult patients with advanced rectal cancer, because it is convenient and causes no severe diverse events.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Leucovorin / therapeutic use*
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uracil / administration & dosage
  • Uracil / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Tegafur
  • Uracil
  • Leucovorin

Supplementary concepts

  • 1-UFT protocol