PMID: 16531725Mar 15, 2006Paper

A case of recurrent gastric cancer effectively treated by combination chemotherapy of weekly paclitaxel and 5'- DFUR after showing resistance to weekly paclitaxel

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Satoshi SuzukiSeiichi Takenoshita

Abstract

The patient was a 35-year-old woman with lung, bone and lymphnode metastases of gastric cancer after a total gastrectomy two years earlier. For the first-line treatment, we performed TS-1+CDDP therapy but it showed no effect. Then, weekly paclitaxel was administered as second-line, but again without effect. Therefore, combination chemotherapy of weekly paclitaxel and 5'-DFUR was performed as third-line therapy. 5'-DFUR was given orally at a dose of 600 mg/day for consecutive daily administration, and paclitaxel was administered at a dose of 70 mg/m(2) on day 1, 8 and 15. This regimen was repeated every 4 weeks. No serious adverse reaction was observed. The condition of the patient had improved after 1 course, making it possible to conduct treatment on an ambulatory basis in the 2 courses and subsequent cycles. After 3 courses, the size of the lung metastasis was remarkably decreased. This case suggests that combination chemotherapy of weekly paclitaxel and 5'-DFUR might be a promising regimen for recurrent gastric cancer even for patients who show no effect with only paclitaxel administration.

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