Alpha-fetoprotein expressing metastastic adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction responding favorably to capecitabine and oxaliplatin

Abstract

Alpha-fetoprotein-producing metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach or the esophago-gastric junction usually exhibits either no or only short-term remission while receiving palliative chemotherapy. We report on a 76-year-old male patient suffering from an unresectable alpha-fetoprotein-producing adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction with several liver metastases. He was treated with capecitabine and oxaliplatin-based combination therapy. A long-lasting major remission was observed resulting in a survival of 18.5 months.