[A case of gastric cancer responding well to MTX/5-FU (methotrexate/5-fluorouracil) and PMUE (CDDP, MMC, UFT, etoposide) therapies upon lymphnode recurrence]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1995 Nov;22(13):1969-72.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We encountered a case of non-curatively resected gastric cancer (p1, n4) who responded well to sequential MTX/5-FU therapy and PMUE therapy. A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of nausea and vomiting. Upper gastrointestinal examination and CT scan revealed Borrmann type 3 gastric cancer with pyloric stenosis and multiple paraaortic lymphnodal metastasis. The patient underwent palliative gastrectomy for extensive gastric cancer (H0, P1, N4, T3, Stage IV b). Histological examination of the resected stomach revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with paraaortic lymphnodes metastasis (n4) and peritoneal dissemination (p1). Chemotherapy with sequential MTX/5-FU was given 13 times. Ten months after the operation, abdominal pain and back pain required analgesic treatment. Abdominal CT scan revealed increased size of paraaortic lymphnodes, suggesting recurrence. Sequential MTX/5-FU therapy was switched by PMUE therapy. Lymphnode size became smaller and habitual analgesics could be discontinued. Since then he was given MTX/5-FU and PMUE therapies alternately on an ambulant basis. The patient resumed his daily activities at 2 years and 8 months after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Uracil / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Tegafur
  • Mitomycin
  • Uracil
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Methotrexate

Supplementary concepts

  • PMUE protocol