[A case of pancreatic cancer with distant metastasis successfully resected after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a combination of S-1 and gemcitabine]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2014 Nov;41(12):2184-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 70-year-old man with a chief complaint of cough.After careful examination, he was diagnosed with pancreatic body cancer with metastasis to the liver and right pleura and with early gastric cancer.He was treated with S-1 and gemcitabine combination chemotherapy.After completing 3 courses, the distant metastasis could no longer be observed. After completing 4 courses, the tumor marker level in the serum was normalized.The pancreatic lesion was restricted by the end of 10 courses, and the pancreas body and tail were resected.After additional chemotherapy with S-1, he was switched to weekly paclitaxel therapy because of peritoneal dissemination.The patient survived for 15 months after surgery.In cases of unresectable pancreatic cancer with distant metastasis, it may be possible to consider the surgical option when chemotherapy is effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Drug Combinations
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / drug therapy*
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pleural Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / secondary
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Deoxycytidine
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid
  • Gemcitabine