[A case of advanced rectal cancer with liver and lung metastasis showing a complete response by neo-adjuvant FOLFOX4 chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Jan;37(1):173-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 56-year-old man with abnormal chest X-P and stool occult bleeding was admitted. Colonoscopy detected rectal cancer and sigmoid al polyps. The biopsy results suggested that the rectal lesion was well- to moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma and the sigmoidal polyp contained well -differentiated adenocarcinoma. CT scan revealed multiple lung, liver and lymph node metastasis. We judged the case to be inoperable and decided to start systemic chemotherapy (FOLFOX4). After treatment with chemotherapy, the tumor shrank and metastatic lesions disappeared. Low anterior resection was done, and final pathological examination revealed a complete response of the main tumor by treating with FOLFOX4.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Irinotecan
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Camptothecin