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A 79-year-old woman with symptomatic pyloric stenosis was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer. CT revealed that the tumor had invaded into the pancreatic head.Since no contraindications were found at laparotomy, we performed pancreatoduodenectomy. The histopathologic diagnosis was pT4b (panc), pN3a (11/35), P0, CY0, H0, M0, pStage â ¢C, R0. The patient received adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 for 1 year. The patient has survived without recurrence for more than 2 years. The efficacy of pancreatoduodenectomy for advanced gastric cancer is still controversial. Pancreatoduodenetomy may be indicated for selected cases of advanced gastric cancer, if an R0 resection can be achieved.
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Pancreas/surgery , Stomach Neoplasms/surgery , Aged , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use , Drug Combinations , Female , Gastrectomy , Humans , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Oxonic Acid/therapeutic use , Pancreas/pathology , Pancreaticoduodenectomy , Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy , Stomach Neoplasms/pathology , Tegafur/therapeutic use , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The current treatment plan for squamous cell anal canal carcinoma using chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is becoming more standardized. We use CRT rather than surgery to select the appropriate treatment. We experienced 4 patients treated with abdominoperineal resection(APR), of which 1 underwent adjuvant CRT. We also experienced 3 patients treated with radiotherapy(RT) and 2 treated with CRT. A patient treated with RT underwent APR because of radiation colitis. RT and CRT are advantageous for quality of life and are expected to be effective for controlling the disease. We hope that the standard treatment plan for anal cancer in Japan will be determined on the basis of histological features.
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Anus Neoplasms/therapy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/therapy , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Chemoradiotherapy/adverse effects , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
A man in his early seventies underwent low anterior resection and partial resection of the liver for the rectal cancer and liver metastasis. However, 4 months after the surgery, he was found to have a liver tumor at S5 and S7 by abdominal CT scan. Then, he underwent chemotherapy (mFOLFOX6), but the metastatic tumor was progressive. We selected FOLFIRI + cetuximab regimen for second-line therapy to resect the metastatic tumor. As the metastatic lesion was become smaller after 4-course of the regimen including cetuximab, we decided to perform a radical resection. We conducted a right lobectomy of the liver, and the tumor was completely resected.
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Adenocarcinoma/therapy , Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage , Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage , Colonic Neoplasms/pathology , Hepatectomy , Liver Neoplasms/secondary , Liver Neoplasms/therapy , Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Aged , Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized , Camptothecin/administration & dosage , Camptothecin/analogs & derivatives , Cetuximab , Combined Modality Therapy , Fluorouracil/administration & dosage , Humans , Leucovorin/administration & dosage , MaleABSTRACT
A woman in her fifties underwent a right hemicolectomy (D3) for cancer of the ascending colon in October 2007, definitively and pathologically diagnosed as papillary adenocarcinoma invading to the subserosa, and no metastasis was detected to lymph node. But 13 months after the surgery, she was found to have a mass near the anastomosis by an abdominal CT scan. Colonoscopy showed an evaluating lesion with ulcer in the anal side of the anastomosis. We tried to resect the metastasis, but it was not resectable because of the invasion to the pancreas. The mFOLFOX regimen was effective. After the chemotherapy (6 courses), we decided to perform a radical resection. We conducted pancreatoduodenectomy in May 2009. She is still alive 12 months after surgery.