PMID: 25743148Mar 7, 2015Paper

A case of advanced pancreas cancer successfully treated by using combined modality therapy

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Yutaka SunoseHideaki Yokoo

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman visited a nearby hospital with chief complaints of diarrhea and weight loss.A computed tomography (CT)scan showed a hypovascular tumor approximately 2 cm in diameter in the pancreatic uncus, and the patient was referred to our department for thorough examination and treatment.The patient was diagnosed with cT4 (A) N0M0, cStage IV a cancer of the pancreatic uncus.The treatment consisted of 3 weeks of gemcitabine and 1 week of drug withdrawal; after completion of 4 courses, concomitant administration of S-1 (ie GS therapy) was initiated.The tumor gradually shrank, and it was not observed on a CT scan 1 year and 8 months later.Although no obvious distant metastasis was observed, a low density area around the superior mesenteric artery still remained.Possibility of viable tumor could not be completely ruled out; therefore, a pancreaticoduodenectomy was scheduled.However, because sclerosis around the superior mesenteric artery was quite severe, bled easily, and was difficult to separate, we decided that excision was impossible and resumed the GS therapy. The primary lung cancer that developed subsequently was resected, and the GS therapy was continued.The tumor in the pancreatic uncus was resected after growth wa...Continue Reading

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