A Case of Local Recurrence and Lung Metastasis from a Rectal Cancer Treated with Systemic Chemotherapy and Cyberknife
Uchino, T.; Mishima, H.; Osawa, T.; Matsumura, T.; Komaya, K.; Kimura, K.; Ando, K.; Saito, T.; Ishiguro, S.; Ohashi, N.; Arikawa, T.; Komatsu, S.; Miyachi, M.; Mizumatsu, S.; Sano, T.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 42(12): 2276-2278
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 26805336 Document Number: 679630
A 73-year-old man underwent abdominoperineal resection for a rectal cancer. He developed a hip pain 3 years and 6 months after the surgery. A CT scan revealed a local recurrence in the perineum and multiple lung metastases in the bilateral lung. He received systemic chemotherapy consisting of XELOX with bevacizumab. Thereafter, the hip pain was slightly relieved. The hip pain worsened 1 year and 6 months after the recurrence. The border between the perineal tumor and skin was very narrow, and conventional radiation therapy could cause a perineal skin necrosis and subsequent poor wound healing. Therefore, we selected a Cyberknife treatment. The hip pain was relieved and a CT scan showed a reduction of the perineal tumor's size after the Cyberknife treatment. A Cyberknife treatment may be effective and promising as palliation for patients with local recurrence of rectal cancer.