[A case of recurrent gastric cancer responding to CPT-11]

A 68-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer(Stage II). Adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 was administered. At 21 months after the operation, he received a nephron catheter because of hydronephrosis caused by para-aortic lymph node metastases. Then, weekly paclitaxel was given as a second-line treatment. However, his tumor marker level increased and he therefore received CPT-11 (160 mg/m2) as a third-line treatment at 28 months after the operation. At 7 days after the first CPT-11 administration, he was hospitalized because of a severe adverse event involving nausea and general fatigue, which caused a continuous fever of 39°C and renal failure at 14 days after administration. However, hydration enabled him to recover several days later. Computed tomography scan revealed the lymph node metastases to be partial remission.