A Case of Gastric Cancer Achieving a Complete Response by Chemotherapy

An 80-yr-old man with advanced gastric cancer was admitted onSeptember 10, 1982. He received no surgery owing to a moderateattack of bronchial asthma, hypertension and cardiac, pulmonaryand renal function disturbances. Chemotherapy was started afterdischarge. The treatment regimen was the oral administrationof 5-fluorouracil tablets at a dose of 200 mg a day, every day.Endoscopic examination 10 weeks after the initiation of chemotherapyrevealed complete regression of the tumor and the biopsy specimenrevealed no cancer cells. Since then, X-ray and endoscopic examinationhave been performed every two to three months. The patient isstill well without relapse of the disease.