Background: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy with S-1/CDDP for advanced and recurrent gastric cancer at Fuchu Hospital.
Methods: The participants were 24 patients treated at our hospital. S-1 was given orally at 80 mg/m/2 for days 1-21, and 60 mg/m2 of CDDP was administered on day 8, followed by a 2-week rest period, within a 5-week course.
Results: Results were rated as a partial response in 12 cases and a stable response in 4 cases. The response rate was 50% (12/24), and median survival time was 273 days. The total incidence of grade 3 or greater adverse reactions including leucopenia, neutropenia, anemia, general fatigue, and eruption, was 25% (6/24).
Conclusion: The combination of S-1/CDDP therapy appears to be highly efficacious and safe and showed promise as a useful treatment strategy, even in an outpatient clinic.