[Combination of operation, chemotherapy and radiation for AFP producing gastric cancer--a case report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Feb;35(2):299-301.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of AFP producing gastric cancer after a combination of operation, chemotherapy and radiation. A 70-year-old man was admitted complaining of abdominal fullness. He was diagnosed as having type 3 advanced gastric cancer with multiple lymph node metastasis, including No. 8p lymph node, by endoscopy and computed tomography. Distal gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection were performed after chemotherapy using S-1, low-dose CDDP and CPT-11. Histopathological study showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, and immunohistochemical study revealed a few AFP-positive tumor cells. Postoperatively, radiation (50 Gy) was performed for paraaortic lymph node metastasis and right hepatic lobectomy for liver metastasis. However, about 2 months after hepatic lobectomy, liver metastasis was diagnosed again by computed tomography, and radiation (30 Gy) was performed. He died 13 months after first surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Gastrectomy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stomach Neoplasms / blood
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • AFP protein, human
  • alpha-Fetoproteins