A Case of Locally Advanced Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Stomach Could be Curably Resected after Chemotherapy with CPT-11/CDDP

A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of epigastralgia. Gastrointestinal endoscopyrevealed a submucosal tumor with ulceration in the upper bodyof the stomach. The tumor was histologicallydiagnosed as a neuroendocrine carcinoma. CT showed that the tumor had directlyinfiltrated the pa...

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Published inGan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 44; no. 12; p. 1532
Main Authors Kido, Tomoki, Morimoto, Yuta, Toda, Hiroshi, Yoshino, Kei, Imano, Hiroshi, Sasaki, Toshiki, Kimura, Yoshihiko, Saito, Reijiro, Endo, Kazuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.11.2017
Subjects
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use
Camptothecin - administration & dosage
Camptothecin - analogs & derivatives
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - drug therapy
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - surgery
Cisplatin - administration & dosage
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Stomach Neoplasms - drug therapy
Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of epigastralgia. Gastrointestinal endoscopyrevealed a submucosal tumor with ulceration in the upper bodyof the stomach. The tumor was histologicallydiagnosed as a neuroendocrine carcinoma. CT showed that the tumor had directlyinfiltrated the pancreas and splenic vessels. The patient underwent onlyan exploratorylaparotomybecause the tumor seemed to involve the celiac artery. Chemotherapywas conducted using CPT-11/ CDDP. After 15 courses of chemotherapy, a significant tumor reduction was obtained. We performed total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy, distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Histopathological examination of surgical specimens showed that onlyfew carcinoma cells remained in the stomach and pancreas. Neoadjuvant chemotherapycan be a useful treatment for unresectable locallyadvanced neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach.
ISSN:0385-0684