A complete response to capecitabine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy in primary duodenal carcinoma with liver and nodal metastases: a case report

A complete response to capecitabine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy in primary duodenal carcinoma with liver and nodal metastases: a case report

Abstract Background Primary duodenal adenocarcinoma (PDC) is a rare and lethal disease, and cases with nodal or distant metastasis have a poor prognosis. There are several reports of unresectable duodenal adenocarcinoma responding to systemic chemotherapy. However, there is little data on conversion...

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Main Authors: Seita Hagihara, Tetsunosuke Shimizu, Yoshihiro Inoue, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Fumitoshi Hirokawa, Kohei Taniguchi, Michihiro Hayashi, Kazuhisa Uchiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Primary duodenal adenocarcinoma
Chemotherapy
Conversion surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0532-2

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