| Autor: |
T, Etoh, H, Baba, A, Taketomi, H, Nakashima, S, Kohnoe, Y, Seo, T, Saito, H, Tomoda |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Anticancer research. 18(3B) |
| ISSN: |
0250-7005 |
| Popis: |
We herein present a case of diffuse bone metastasis from early gastric cancer with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in a 40-year old man, who had undergone a curative gastrectomy and had no evidence of recurrence for five years after surgery. The patient was treated with an intravenous administration of sequential methothrexate (MTX) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and demonstrated a favorable clinical course without any severe pain. Despite the fact that the presence of diffuse bone metastasis from gastric cancer plus hematologic disorders tends to indicate a significantly poor prognosis, the patient survived for a relatively long period (11 months) following chemotherapy. We thus conclude that MTX/5-FU sequential therapy seems to be a clinically useful regimen to improve both the symptoms and survival for cases of diffuse bone metastasis from gastric cancer. |
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