[A case of stage IV rectal cancer successfully resected after chemotherapy (mFOLFOX6 plus panitumumab)]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2014 Nov;41(12):1746-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 6 6-year-old woman with hematochezia was admitted to our hospital. A colonoscopy detected KRAS wild-type rectal cancer. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a liver metastasis, and invasion to the uterus was suspected. The patient underwent a laparotomy, and intraoperative cytology and peritoneal dissemination proved positive. The tumor had invaded the uterus. We administered chemotherapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and oxaliplatin(mFOL FOX6)plus panitumumab. A CT scan and colonoscopy performed after 10 courses of chemotherapy indicated remarkable tumor regression. An abdominal CT scan did not detect any liver metastases, and we performed a laparoscopic low anterior resection. In the second operation, peritoneal dissemination and washing cytology were negative. The pathological diagnosis of the surgically resected specimen was ypStageII. The patient is recurrence-free 7 months after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Panitumumab
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Panitumumab
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • Folfox protocol