[A case of effective treatment with chemosensitivity test-guided chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic and gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Jun;35(6):1009-12.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 63-year-old man with abdominal pain was diagnosed as locally advanced pancreatic tail cancer and gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis based on computed tomography (CT) and gastrointestinal series. Preoperative serum CA19- 9 was 1,357 U/mL. During laparotomy, peritoneal dissemination was observed and confirmed pathologically. An ileoileostomy was performed and peritoneal tissue was submitted to a chemosensitivity test. Based on the chemosensitivity test, CPT-11 (50 mg/body), 5-FU (750 mg/body), and Leucovorin (375 mg/body) were administered intravenously once a week for 3 weeks with a 1-week rest as 1 course. The patient received 9 courses of chemotherapy until progressive disease. Stable disease in tumor size was observed and serum CA19-9 level dropped to 81 U/mL. He remained well without any symptoms and pursued normal activity for 15 months. He died of peritoneal dissemination 26 months after diagnosis. Chemosensitivity test-guided chemotherapy seems to be an effective regimen as individualized chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic and gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Failure