An autopsied case of an aged patient with advanced gastric cancer that showed a complete response to immunochemotherapy
Mizumoto, S.; Ohoue, M.; Takami, Y.; Iihara, K.; Kurokawa, E.; Akashi, H.; Aoki, Y.; Mori, H.; Okano, K.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 35(15): 1791-1794
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 2514300 Document Number: 331734
Described is the case of an 88-year-old male suffering from advanced hemorrhagic gastric cancer who, because of surgical risk factors, was conservatively treated with immuno-chemotherapy in the form of suppositories containing ftorafur (FT-207) and Picibanil (OK-432). The patient showed marked clinical improvement from this therapy. However, his advanced age and other associated complications kept us from performing further examinations, such as an upper-G-I series and a gastrofiberscopy. A year and 4-months later, the patients died of pneumonia and subsequently was autopsied. Macroscopically, his gastric tumor was found to have completely disappeared and had been replaced by a yellowish-white scar tissue. Microscopically, no cancer cells were found in the examined specimens or in the regional lymph nodes.