[A case of advanced gastric cancer responding to combination chemotherapy with low-dose 5-FU plus CDDP]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2002 Sep;29(9):1627-30.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 56-year-old man presented with dysphagia, and was found to have a type 3 advanced gastric cancer with bilateral multiple lung metastases. This patient was treated with low-dose 5-FU plus CDDP chemotherapy. In the first course, CDDP (6 mg/m2/day) plus 5-FU (300 mg/m2/day) were infused for 5 successive days a week, but a tumor response was not achieved. Therefore, in the second course, CDDP (6 mg/m2/day) plus 5-FU (600 mg/m2/day) were infused every other day (3 days a week). In response to the treatment, both the gastric tumor and the lung metastases almost completely disappeared (reduction rate 95%), and PR was achieved. The CEA level markedly decreased, from 260.3 to 1.4 ng/ml and the patient's symptoms disappeared. Following this treatment, low-dose CDDP plus UFT therapy was performed and the PR was maintained for 12 months. This report shows a case of advanced gastric cancer that responded to low-dose 5-FU plus CDDP.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • CF regimen