[A case of advanced gastric cancer with recurrence-free long survival showing disappearance of distant lymph node metastases by S-1/docetaxel therapy followed by curative resection]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2012 Aug;39(8):1247-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A screening CT of a 78-year-old man suffering from a laryngeal foreign body revealed multiple lymph nodes swelling at the left subclavicular, mediastinal, perigastric, and paraaortic space. He was diagnosed as advanced gastric cancer. After five courses of S-1/docetaxel therapy, the primary tumor became flat and lymph nodes became undetectable. After seven courses, he received operation(total gastrectomy and D2 lymph nodes dissection)because of tumor bleeding and severe adverse effects. The pathological chemotherapeutic effect was Grade 1b for the primary tumor and Grade 3 for lymph nodes. He received S-1 maintenance therapy for three years afterward, and is now still in good condition without recurrence 53 months after the first administration. S-1/docetaxel therapy was thought to be a useful optional regimen for highly advanced gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Docetaxel
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Remission Induction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Taxoids / administration & dosage
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Taxoids
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Docetaxel
  • Oxonic Acid