[Two cases of effective S-1 monotherapy for patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung after multiple previous chemotherapies]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2009 May;36(5):807-10.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Case one was a 76-year-old woman. She was diagnosed as having lung adenocarcinoma with multiple metastases (cT4N0M1, stage IV, mucinous BAC)in June, 2004. Starting in July, 2004, she received various modalities of chemotherapy( cisplatin+vinorelbine, gefitinib, pemetrexed, gemcitabine, docetaxel, paclitaxel). S-1 monotherapy given to her starting April, 2006 achieved a partial response(PR)as a seventh-line treatment. Case two was a 60-year-old woman. She was diagnosed as having lung adenocarcinoma with multiple metastases(cT4N3M1, stage IV)in October, 2004. That month, her chemotherapy began. After various treatments(cisplatin+vinorelbine, docetaxel, gefitinib), S-1 monotherapy was initiated in February, 2007 as the fourth-line treatment; as a result, PR was achieved. Even though chemotherapies were performed in succession, in the condition of good general status, salvage chemotherapy can be affected by the rotation of drugs. In such cases, S-1 monotherapy can be a reasonable choice from the standpoint of feasibility and effectiveness.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / blood
  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / blood
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Oxonic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Drug Combinations
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid