[A case of gastric carcinosarcoma treated with surgical resection and irinotecan and mitomycin C combination therapy]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2014 Jan;111(1):105-14.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old man was admitted following episodes of melena. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a type 2 carcinoid-like tumor in the cardium of the stomach. Histopathological analysis of a biopsy specimen revealed adenocarcinoma. Although hepatic metastases were detected, total gastrectomy was initially performed for hemorrhage control. The final histopathological diagnosis of the resected primary tumor was gastric carcinosarcoma with an osteosarcoma component. After ineffective first-line combination therapy with S-1 (tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil) and cisplatin, irinotecan and mitomycin C chemotherapy was introduced. Although the hepatic metastases showed shrinkage after three courses of the chemotherapy, the patient succumbed seven months after surgery. This case report suggests that systemic chemotherapy using irinotecan and mitomycin C may be effective in the treatment of gastric carcinosarcoma with an osteosarcoma component and distant metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Carcinosarcoma / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Mitomycin
  • Irinotecan
  • Camptothecin