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[Resection of cancer of the cardia enabled by combined treatment with S-1 and paclitaxel after esophageal stenting for impaired patency complicating stage IV gastric cancer - a case report].
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy 2007 October
The patient was a 47-year-old man who was discovered to have Borrmann type 4 cancer of the cardiac region of the stomach associated with esophageal invasion during upper GI endoscopy and was histopathologically diagnosed with poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Invasion of the aorta was suspected based on a CT examination, and resection was judged to be impossible. Since the tumor was associated with impaired patency, after first inserting a metallic stent, the patient was treated with 4 cycles of S-1 100 mg/body for 2 weeks and paclitaxel (PTX) 120 mg/body by intravenous drip infusion on days 1 and 15 for 2 weeks followed by a 2-week rest period. The tumor regressed considerably, and total gastrectomy and lower esophagectomy with D1+ a lymph node resection through a left thoracolaparotomy became possible. A bypass operation or palliative resection is sometimes performed when complicated by impaired patency. In our patient, after achieving an improvement in QOL by stenting, resection became possible as a result of a response to chemotherapy with S-1. However, when considering resection after chemotherapy it seemed necessary to be careful to insert the stent as close as possible to the proximal margin of the tumor so as not to broaden the extent of the esophageal resection.
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