[A case with advanced carcinoma of the gallbladder responding to UFT monotherapy]

Gallbladder carcinoma is a fatal disease with highly metastatic potential, and the chemotherapeutic regimen has not been established yet. We reported here a case of gallbladder carcinoma with lung and liver meatstases responding to a single agent, UFT. A 70-year-old female with advanced carcinoma of the gallbladder and bilateral pulmonary metastases were treated with UFT 600 mg/day weekday for half a year. Pulmonary metastases disappeared completely, and the primary lesion shrank markedly 6 months after. Unfortunately, the patient died 1.5 years after the start of treatment due to relapse of liver and lung lesions.