[A case of partial response achieved by chemotherapy for a duodenal cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2012 Nov;39(12):1966-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We treated a 73-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma of the duodenum. She complained of poor appetite and weight loss. Upon close inspection, we diagnosed duodenal cancer with obstructive jaundice. Curative resection could not be performed because of swelling of the para-aortic lymph nodes. Chemotherapy using mFOLFOX6 was performed, and she survived.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Duodenal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • Folfox protocol