Masamichi Okada, Masamichi Yasuno, Masayo Kawakami, Arisa Ishihara, Fuyuki Inagaki, Goshi Oda, Yoshiaki Hara, Tetsuya Yokosuka, Sadaaki Shioiri, Toshiko Kobayashi, Shigeru Yamada
A 61 year-old male with rectal cancer underwent anterior resection with D2 lymph node dissection in August 2007. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level was 5.6 before the operation. Pathological findings were Rs, tub2»>tub1, type 3, pSE, ly1, v2, pN1 (1/23), H0, P0, M0 , pStage IIIA. Adjuvant chemotherapy with tegafur-uracil (UFT) 600 mg/Leucovorin (LV) 75 mg was administered for 1 year. A recurrence at a site of anastomosis developed and lower anterior resection was required in September 2010. CEA level was 5...
November 2014: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy