A case of gastric cancer of Borrmann type IV complicated with carcinomatous peritonitis responding well to chemotherapy of tegafur only
Tominaga, J.; Izawa, M.; Yoshida, M.; Araki, N.; Kawase, S.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 18(12): 2159-2161
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 1888187 Document Number: 369655
A 46-year-old-male was admitted to our hospital with an unresectable stage of gastric cancer of Borrmann type IV with carcinomatous peritonitis. He was treated only with tegafur 900 mg/day. After 2 months' treatment, computed tomography showed ascites disappeared and a remarkable improvement was observed by barium meal study and endoscopic examination. The patient has survived for 12 months without any abdominal complaints and ascites since the beginning of treatment. Thus, this is a rare case responding well to chemotherapy of tegafur only.