Mao Osaki, Yusuke Takahashi, Shinji Tokuyama, Kenji Kawai, Yuki Matsui, Reishi Toshiyama, Masaaki Yamamoto, Kenji Sakai, Atsushi Takeno, Kunihito Gotoh, Michihiko Miyazaki, Koji Takami, Motohiro Hirao, Takeshi Kato
A 66-year-old man with a history of frequent diarrhea was diagnosed with rectal cancer with obstruction and a pelvic abscess. Following a transverse colostomy, he was referred to our hospital. The initial diagnosis was rectal cancer(cT4a N1bM0, cStage Ⅲb)and a pelvic abscess due to tumor perforation. To address this condition, we performed neoadjuvant chemotherapy using a combination of 5-fluorouracil, Leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan(FOLFOXIRI). Following 6 courses of FOLFOXIRI, the abscess disappeared and no signs of tumor progression and distant metastases were detected...
December 2023: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy