[Preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a combination of 5-fluorouracil, adriamycin and cisplatin (FAP) for advanced esophageal cancer invading trachea or main bronchus].

Abstract

Conventional irradiation and systemic chemotherapy is scarcely effective for advanced esophageal cancer invading trachea or main bronchus. Therefore, to reduce the area of invasion and suppress distant metastasis, we have preoperatively treated 4 patients suffering from advanced esophageal cancer invading the trachea or main bronchus by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (FAP) as follows: 2 times every 4 weeks, CDDP 100 mg and ADR 50 mg on day 1 and continuous infusion of 5-FU 1,000 mg/day for 7 days. The response rate (PR) was 75% (3/4). In 2 of 4 patients (50%), no cancer cells except broad fibrosis were detected histologically in the region of the trachea or main bronchus suspected to be invaded. There was no severe complication. This FAP regimen is suspected to be useful chemotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer.

• Authors: T Yasuda, T Kabuto, S Ishiguro, H Nakano, S Nakamori, H Ohigashi, M Hiratsuka, M Kameyama, Y Sasaki, O Ishikawa
• Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho) Vol. 22 Issue 11 Pg. 1538-41 (Sep 1995) ISSN: 0385-0684 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 7574753 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Doxorubicin
• Cisplatin
• Fluorouracil

Topics

• Aged
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Bronchial Neoplasms (pathology)
• Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
• Cisplatin (administration & dosage)
• Doxorubicin (administration & dosage)
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Esophageal Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology)
• Female
• Fluorouracil (administration & dosage)
• Humans
• Infusions, Intravenous
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Preoperative Care
• Tracheal Neoplasms (pathology)