[A patient with stage IV gastric cancer responding to combination chemotherapy with 5-FU, leucovorin and CDDP]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1993 Jun;20(8):1059-62.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 44-year-old male with gastric cancer accompanied by pancreatic invasion and metastasis to the periaortic lymph nodes. Combination chemotherapy with 5-FU, leucovorin (LCV) and CDDP (FLP therapy) was preoperatively given. Pancreaticoduodenectomy was carried out as absolutely noncurative resection. FLP therapy was continued postoperatively, and resulted in disappearance of the metastases in the periaortic lymph nodes on CT. As there were no findings of recurrence, the patient was regarded as being in complete response. In addition, the performance status improved from Grade 2 to Grade 0. Since the three-drug combination therapy induced only slight adverse reactions (Grades 1-2), it could be safely carried out at the outpatient department. Thus, combination therapy with 5-FU, LCV and CDDP is thought to be effective against gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Remission Induction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Cisplatin
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil