[An elderly gastric cancer patient with multiple-node metastases treated successfully using S-1]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Jul;38(7):1187-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A n 83-year-old male presented with a leg edema. Gastrointestinal endoscopic examination showed advanced gastric cancer type 2, which was diagnosed as mod~well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography (CT) showed enlarged multiple lymph nodes. He was treated with oral S-1, 80 mg/day for 14 days, followed by a 7-day rest. After two courses of treatment, CT showed reduction of the lymph nodes. After 8 courses of treatment, total gastrectomy and lymph node dissection were performed. The histological diagnoses were tub 2>tub 1, pSS, pN0, pStage I B. One year and 10 months postoperatively, the patient is alive without recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Oxonic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Remission Induction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Drug Combinations
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid