PMID: 25731553Mar 4, 2015Paper

A case of long-term survival of small intestinal adenocarcinoma treated by resection and chemotherapy

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Toshimasa OkadaMihoko Setoguchi

Abstract

A 60-year-old man had visited our hospital a few times due to vomiting since July 2008. In January 2009, because he was no longer able to eat, he was hospitalized to receive close examination. Single balloon enteroscopy revealed jejunal adenocarcinoma. After examination of the whole body, as there was no distant metastasis, jejunum partial resection was performed in February 2009. One dissemination nodule was recognized on the serosa near the main tumor. We obtained the final pathological diagnosis as Stage IV. From April 2009, adjuvant chemotherapy with combination of oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and Leucovorin (mFOLFOX6) was performed 8 times. In April 2009, a small metastatic lesion appeared in the upper lobe of the right lung. We started administering combination of irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil and Leucovorin (FOLFIRI) from January 2010, but stopped because of side effects after the second cycle. Administration of capecitabine was started in March 2010. The metastatic lesion had diminished for a time but was found to be enlarged in March 2011. Thus, a partial right lung resection was performed in April 2012. After lung resection, systemic chemotherapy was not performed. The patient remains alive without a recurrence 3 years af...Continue Reading

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