[Effectiveness of S-1 plus CPT-11 therapy for an elderly patient with recurrent colon cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2009 Aug;36(8):1371-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In May 2006, a 79-year-old man underwent left colectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy for descending colon cancer (fStage II , Cur A). No adjuvant chemotherapy was done. Eighteen months after surgery, the serum tumor marker level was increased (CA19-9 526 U/mL), and multiple liver metastases (H2) and peritoneal dissemination were detected using abdominal CT. He was treated with S-1 plus CPT-11 therapy, because mFOLFOX6 as a standard chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer was rejected. After 4 courses, tumor markers normalized and abdominal CT revealed a partial response. At present, progression-free survival (PFS) is 240 days. In our case, this regimen was found to be convenient and safe in an outpatient compared with FOLFIRI and FOLFOX. This case suggested that S-1 plus CPT-11 therapy could well be a promising systemic chemotherapy for patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Colectomy
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Tegafur
  • Irinotecan
  • Camptothecin