A case of liver metastasis of rectal cancer demonstrating complete response for more than two years to mFOLFOX6
Miyo, M.; Kato, T.; Miyake, Y.; Kato, A.; Sakamoto, T.; Doi, T.; Hoshi, M.; Makari, Y.; Oshima, S.; Iijima, S.; Kurokawa, E.; Kikkawa, N.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 36(12): 2160-2162
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 20037356 Document Number: 635275
A man in his fifties with rectal cancer underwent low anterior resection in another Hospital in January 2006. He was finally diagnosed with Stage III a (pA, pN1, H0, P0). The patient who had postoperative complication such as ruptured suture left the hospital in May 2006, when he was detected with multiple liver metastases and was referred to our hospital for systemic chemotherapy. Systemic chemotherapy with mFOLFOX6 was performed from May 2006. Grade 3 diarrhea and grade 2 peripheral neuropathy, nausea and vomiting were observed. After 6 courses of mFOLFOX6, MRI revealed metastasis had been disappeared and levels of CEA and CA19-9 were decreased below normal. The treatment has been discontinued. Recurrence was not observed for 30 months.