Abstract
We report a 73-year-old female who had been operated on for sigmoid colon cancer and neck lymph node metastases. Tumor size was controlled by systemic chemotherapy for about 3 years. During the chemotherapy, toxicity over grade 2 was not observed and good QOL was maintained on an outpatient basis. It is suggested that low-dose systemic chemotherapy may be useful for patients with poor general status.
MeSH terms
-
Aged
-
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
-
Camptothecin / administration & dosage
-
Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives*
-
Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
-
Combined Modality Therapy
-
Drug Combinations
-
Female
-
Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
-
Humans
-
Irinotecan
-
Leucovorin / administration & dosage
-
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
-
Lymphatic Metastasis
-
Neck
-
Sigmoid Neoplasms / drug therapy*
-
Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*
-
Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery
-
Survivors
-
Tegafur / administration & dosage
-
Uracil / administration & dosage
Substances
-
Drug Combinations
-
UFT(R) drug
-
Tegafur
-
Uracil
-
Irinotecan
-
Leucovorin
-
Fluorouracil
-
Camptothecin