A case report of scirrhous gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination treated effectively with various chemotherapy regimens after laparoscopic distal subtotal gastrectomy
Katsumori, T.; Yamamoto, S.; Tsukamoto, Y.; Hamaguchi, H.; Iwanaga, T.; Ohshima, H.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 41(12): 2367-2368
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 25731525 Document Number: 678084
We report a 44-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with scirrhous gastric cancer with peritoneal dissemination using laparoscopy. The patient underwent a non-curative resection with laparoscopic distal subtotal gastrectomy. In addition, we placed a port into the patient's abdomen for intraperitoneal chemotherapy administration. Postoperatively, we administered capecitabine (per os)+ paclitaxel (intraperitoneally) and, after 2 cycles, the oral anticancer agent 5-FU was given. The patient died of peritonitis carcinomatosa 25 months after the operation. The combined therapies contributed to improve the quality of life, specifically oral ingestion, for 2 years.