[A case of advanced small intestinal cancer treated with S-1 plus cisplatin]

A66 -year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal pain in 2005. Computed tomography(CT) showed severe wall thickening of the proximal part of the jejunum and extensive intraperitoneal lymph node swelling. Therefore she was diagnosed with primary advanced small intestinal cancer. Surgery was performed to prevent the gastrointestinal obstruction and bleeding. Extensive lymph node metastases, including those in the paraaortic area, were observed. Because a curative resection seemed impossible, only a partial resection of jejunum was performed. After the operation, a regimen of chemotherapy with S-1(80mg/body, alternate-day dosage)and CDDP(100mg/body), was administered once every 5 weeks. At the end of the 4th course, the tumor marker was normalized and CT showed a marked decrease in the size lymph nodes; a complete response(CR)was achieved. But when a total 9 courses of chemotherapy was completed during the 17- month follow-up period after the operation, the tumor marker re-rose, and CT showed extensive intraperitoneal lymph node swelling again, so it was diagnosed the recurrence of as a disease. Chemotherapy was administered again, but was not effective. The patient died 29 months after the operation.