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Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi
; 105(8): 1193-9, 2008 Aug.
Artículo
en Japonés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18678995
RESUMEN
We present a case of esophageal cancer with multiple lymph node metastases successfully performed early response evaluation for preoperative chemotherapy by FDG-PET. The decrease of SUV from baseline to 11 days after initiation of low-dose FP chemotherapy were 32.8% in the primary lesion, 60.4% in the cervical lymph node and 13.5% in the abdominal lymph node. He underwent extended radical esophagectomy 4 weeks after the end of chemotherapy. The histopathologic response was Grade 1 in the primary lesion, Grade 3 in the cervical lymph node and Grade 0 in the abdominal lymph node. The early response evaluation by FDG-PET in each lesions were consistent with histopathologic response evaluation of after chemotherapy.