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Article: [A long-surviving patient with unresectable advanced gastric cancer treated with S-1 and biweekly paclitaxel combination chemotherapy as second-line treatment].
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ABSTRACT: A 59-year-old man with type 3 gastric cancer(signet-ring cell carcinoma)underwent simple laparotomy because of peritoneal dissemination.S -1/CDDP was started.Since the icterus of Grade 2 had appeared after 2 courses, S-1 and biweekly paclitaxel combination chemotherapy was started as second-line treatment.Throughout treatment, there was no adverse event, and this regimen was continued for 14 courses(25 months).He died 32 months after his first visit.S -1/PTX may play an important role as second-line chemotherapy for patients with unresectable advanced gastric carcinoma.Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy 07/2012; 39(7):1131-3. -
Article: Schwannoma of the gallbladder: report of a case.
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ABSTRACT: We report a schwannoma of the gallbladder in a 58-year-old man who was diagnosed as cholecystolithiasis. He presented with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. The abdominal computed tomography scan and ultrasonography revealed stones about 15 mm in diameter in the gallbladder. Under the diagnosis of cholecystolithiasis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed. The resected specimen showed chronic cholecystitis and no suspicion of neoplasm. Pathological examination revealed that the tumor consist of spindle cells without atypical appearance at small area of fundus. Immunohistologically, tumor cells were positive for S-100 protein and negative for alpha-SMA and c-kit, the lesion was diagnosed as schwannoma.Fukushima journal of medical science 06/2010; 56(1):38-43.
