[A case of locally advanced pancreatic cancer with superior membrane artery invasion successfully resected after gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2009 Nov;36(12):2428-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with chief complaint of epigastralgia was diagnosed as locally advanced borderline unresectable pancreatic head cancer that involved superior membrane artery (SMA). Gemcitabine (GEM) -based chemoradiotherapy (CRT) was administered for consecutive 3 weeks in the following fashion: continuous twice-a-day accelerated radiotherapy (2 daily fractions of 1.5 Gy, 5 days a week, with a 6-hr minimal interval between fractions) with 3-time weekly intravenous infusions of GEM. Total radiation dose was 45 Gy and GEM was given on days 1, 8 and 15 at dose of 800 mg/m2. After the completion of CRT, the involvement of SMA remained. Next, additional systemic chemotherapy with GEM was performed for 3 weeks in the following fashion: weekly intravenous infusions of GEM at dose of 1,000 mg/m2. Finally, the main tumor and the invasion to SMA were reduced. Surgical resection with negative margins (R0 resection) was performed. Adjuvant chemotherapy with 6 courses of GEM was also performed. The patient has no recurrence, suggesting the efficacy of GEM-based CRT for locally advanced borderline unresectable pancreatic cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Radiotherapy / methods

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Gemcitabine