[Successful eradication of H. pylori in an elderly patient with gastric cancer after effective UFT-E therapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1997 Dec;24(15):2281-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 83-year-old female with 2' T2-type gastric cancer associated with positive H. pylori in the lesser curvature of the stomach. The patient was treated with oral UFT-E alone in a daily dose of 400 mg. The tumor exhibited an O' IIa + IIc-like appearance 4 weeks after the start of administration and became scarred 8 weeks later, revealing marked tumor reduction in a short period of time. At 8 weeks, biopsy showed marked polymorphonuclear cells infiltration of gastric mucosa with no evidence of malignancy. In an attempt to eradicate H. pylori, 30 mg of lansoprazole, 400 mg of clarithromycin, and 2.0 g of ecabet-Na (3.0 g of Gastrom) were administered for 2 weeks. H. pylori was found to have been successfully eradicated, and the inflammatory lesions were no longer visible histologically. UFT-E was highly effective in this patient, and the eradication of H. pylori may contribute to the prevention of cancer recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles
  • Abietanes*
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / microbiology
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Clarithromycin / administration & dosage
  • Diterpenes / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Helicobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Helicobacter pylori* / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Lansoprazole
  • Omeprazole / administration & dosage
  • Omeprazole / analogs & derivatives
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Uracil / administration & dosage

Substances

  • 2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles
  • Abietanes
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Lansoprazole
  • Tegafur
  • ecabet
  • Uracil
  • Clarithromycin
  • Omeprazole

Supplementary concepts

  • 1-UFT protocol