[A case of a patient with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-producing pancreatic cancer who responded to nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2017;114(7):1277-1284. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.114.1277.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 67-year-old male patient presented with an irregular mass involving the pancreatic body and tail with multiple liver/lymph node metastases. A biopsy indicated the presence of a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Fever and increased white blood cell count, C-reactive protein levels, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) levels led to the diagnose of G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer. The patient did not respond to FOLFIRINOX therapy (leucovorin, fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin), but nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine treatment was effective, resulting in tumor shrinkage and reduced G-CSF levels. After the fifth course of this therapy, exacerbation was noted, and the patient died of primary cancer 6 months after initiating the therapy. Here we report the case of this patient with G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer who responded to chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Aged
  • Albumins / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gemcitabine
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / biosynthesis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • 130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel
  • Albumins
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Paclitaxel
  • Gemcitabine