[FAM as a palliative chemotherapy for gastric cancer with bone metastasis]

A 50-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with severe malaise and lumbar pain. He suffered from diffuse bone metastasis of gastric cancer (mod. tub. adenocarcinoma) and DIC. In order to palliate his severe bone pain and bleeding tendency, FAM (5-fluorouracil 600 mg/body day 1, 7, 29, 36; doxorubicin 40 mg/body day 1, 29; and mitomycin C 12 mg/body day 1) combination chemotherapy was used. After administration of FAM therapy, bone pain and bleeding tendency due to DIC disappeared. For three months after initiation of chemotherapy, the patient's quality of life was maintained fairly well. Adverse reactions of FAM therapy were only appetite loss for several days. FAM therapy might be a useful regimen for palliation of bone pain and DIC due to diffuse bone metastasis of gastric cancer.