[A Case of Lymph Node Metastases from Esophageal Cancer Successfully Treated with Weekly Paclitaxel Chemotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2015 Nov;42(12):1926-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 61-year-old man underwent a curative operation for advanced esophageal cancer (CT-pT3N2M0, pStage Ⅲ), which had been downstaged with docetaxel, CDDP, 5-FU (DCF) neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Five months after the operation, we diagnosed the patient with recurrence of esophageal cancer with para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastasis. Systemic chemotherapy was initiated using a regimen of weekly paclitaxel (PTX) administration. After 2 courses, abdominal computed tomography examination indicated regression of the PALN swelling. Eighteen months have passed since the curative operation, and the patient has been doing well with no signs of recurrence. In summary, we successfully treated a case of lymph node metastases from esophageal cancer with weekly PTX chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Paclitaxel / therapeutic use*
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Paclitaxel