Akagi Yukio, Hashimoto Yasutoshi, Takiyama Wataru, Mukaida Hidenori, Murakami Yuji, Ito Katsuhide
Dept. of Radiology, Hiroshima Asa City Hospital.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2004 Nov;31(12):1993-7.
We reported concurrent chemoradiation for postoperative recurrent esophageal cancer patients with lymph node metastases and a pulmonary metastasis. From October 2001 to January 2004, we treated 6 consecutive patients with radiation and concurrent chemotherapy using daily low-doses of CDDP and UFT-E. Of the 6 patients, 4 (67%) had a complete response and 2 (33%) a partial response, yielding an overall response rate of 100% (6/6). Five patients are now alive without cancers, and 1 patient died with cancer. Concurrent chemoradiation using daily low-doses of CDDP and UFT-E is feasible and seems to offer good results for recurrent esophageal cancer patients.
