[A case of complete remission(CR)persisting from UFT-E in an old patient with liver metastasis of gastric cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Jan;35(1):129-31.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 82-year-old woman with gastric cancer underwent distal gastrectomy with level 2 lymph node dissection(M, Less, 2.2 x 2.0 cm, type 1, fH0, fP0, fM0, fT2, fN2(+), por 1, med, INF beta, ly2, v2, fPM(-), fDM(-), fStage IIIa). At first, adjuvant chemotherapy was not given because of her advanced age, but CEA increased to 43.2 ng/mL and a CT scan showed multiple liver metastasis. After we began oral chemotherapy with UFT-E 300 mg/day, the CEA level normalized and a CT scan revealed the liver metastasis had disappeared within about 9 months. There were no side effects for a course, and she has been free from any sign of recurrence. This was a very rare case in which single administration of UFT-E caused complete remission. Even an old patient should be treated aggressively because this treatment is relatively safe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Remission Induction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
  • Uracil / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Tegafur
  • Uracil

Supplementary concepts

  • 1-UFT protocol