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Online ISSN : 1881-2805
Print ISSN : 0913-0071
ISSN-L : 0913-0071
Case Reports
Gemcitabine combined with S-1 chemotherapy is effective for pancreatic and gastric double cancers
Mikihiko YASUDAKen KAWABEYoshiyuki ARITAJunya GIBOTetsuhide ITORyoichi TAKAYANAGI[in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese]
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2006 Volume 21 Issue 4 Pages 365-372

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Abstract
Gemcitabine (GEM) is widely recognized to be an effective chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer. Some clinical trials of combined chemotherapy with GEM and other anti-cancer drugs have shown greater therapeutic effectiveness. We here report a case of a 63-year-old woman diagnosed with pancreatic and gastric double cancers. After systemic chemotherapy using GEM combined with S-1, the sizes of both cancers and the tumor marker levels were gradually reduced. Our case showed that GEM combined with S-1 was very useful to treat advanced pancreatic cancer and gastric cancer, and suggested a synergistic effect of the two drugs against such cancers.
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© 2006 Japan Pancreas Society
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