[A case of small intestinal cancer with peritoneal metastases treated with FOLFOX regimen]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2012 Aug;39(8):1259-62.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A38 -year-old man complaining of abdominal pain was diagnosed with small intestinal cancer. Small intestinal endoscopy and PET-CT showed a primary jejunal cancer and five peritoneal metastases. Partial resection of the jejunum with three metastases was performed, but the others were unresectable. After surgery, FOLFOX chemotherapy was adapted. Follow-up pelvic CT showed a remarkable reduction of tumor size during FOLFOX chemotherapy after 4 courses, and follow-up PET-CT showed no tumor intake FDG after 10 courses. We judged him to be a complete response and stopped chemotherapy. After 7 months, the patient's level of tumor markers elevated, and there was recurrence. We resumed FOLFOX, and the chemotherapy for this patient is still being continued.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Leucovorin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • Folfox protocol