[A Case of Pathological Complete Response of Colon Cancer after Systemic Chemotherapy with mFOLFOX6].

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is a standard mode of therapy for rectal cancer but not colon cancer. A 74-year-old man undergoing treatment for prostate cancer was found to have a tumor in both the sigmoid colon and liver. Colonoscopy showed a type 2 tumor of the sigmoid colon, with a biopsy confirming a diagnosis of well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography demonstrated a tumor of the sigmoid colon with metastasis to the liver. As there was a high suspicion of invasion of the left ureter, we decided to administer mFOLFOX6 as neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to tumor resection. After 8 courses of mFOLFOX6, both the primary lesion and liver metastasis significantly decreased in size. Subsequently, the patient underwent a sigmoidectomy and partial hepatectomy. Histopathological examination revealed pathological complete response(Grade 3). It is important to reveal effective cases of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the appropriate treatment regime and timing of surgical intervention so as to advance therapeutic strategies for the treatment of colon cancer.

[Clinical Experience of a Primary Accessory Breast Cancer Patient].

A 59-year-old woman attended a previous hospital complaining of a nodule of the right axilla. Although ultrasonography had shown no evidenceof malignancy, a growth of thenodulewas found on follow-up. Excisional biopsy revealed a primary accessory breast cancer. Because the resected margins were involved, she was referred to our hospital for additional treatment. Based on imaging, both bilateral mammary glands and axillary lymph nodes were reported normal, and distant metastasis was not observed. We performed additional resection of the right axillary tissue around the biopsy site and the right axillary lymph nodedisse ction. Histo-pathological examination revealed the residual invasive ductal carcinoma in the resected specimen. Both the new surgical margins and the lymph nodes were free of disease. Accessory breast cancer is relatively rare, with the incidence being less than 1% of all breast cancers. It is most frequent in the axillary region. Local extensive resection with sufficient surgical margin and axillary lymph node dissection are generally required. This case report presents our clinical experience of accessory breast cancer with some discussion of the literature.

[Study of Breast Cancer Patients Diagnosed Preoperatively with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ].

Although ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS)is generally cured by surgical resection, it has been suggested that resection is over-treatment for some patients with DCIS. The aim of this study was to reconsider operative indications for patients with DCIS by examining clinicopathological features of 23 patients who underwent surgical resection for DCIS in our institute over a single year. Postoperative histological examination revealed that there were Luminal and HER2-positive subtypes, but no triple negative cancers. We found coincidental invasive ductal carcinoma(IDC)in 5 patients, and in all 5 the tumor size exceeded 60 mm. There was no coincidence of IDC in patients with a Ki-67 index ≤5%. Positive surgical margins were observed in 7 patients, all of which were histologically diagnosed as DCIS. Only 1 of the 7 patients underwent additional surgical resection; the 6 remaining patients, including 2 patients who received no treatment, did not undergo additional resection. All patients including those with positive surgical margins have had a 5-year relapse-free survival. Our findings imply that the subgroup of DCIS patients without IDC could be followed up without surgery.

[Two Episodes of Colostomy-Associated Intestinal Perforation during Chemotherapy for Metastatic Rectal Cancer].

A 77-year-old woman with rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastasis underwent a Hartmann operation with D3 lymph node dissection in June 2014. mFOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab(bev)was then administered to treat the liver metastasis.In February 2015, multiple liver metastases were detected and the regimen was changed to FOLFIRI plus bev.After 3 courses, peritonitis due to intestinal perforation around the descending colostomy occurred, and an emergency operation(partial resection of the descending colon and transverse colostomy)was performed.FOLFIRI was then administered from 2 months after the operation.After 3 courses of this regimen, a CT scan showed progression of the hepatic metastases.The regimen was therefore changed to mFOLFOX6.Five months later, another CT scan showed an intestinal perforation of the transverse colostomy at the abdominal wall, and an emergency cecostomy was performed.At this stage, chemotherapy was ceased.This case highlights the risk of intestinal perforation during chemotherapy, regardless of the use of bev.

[Surgical Resection after Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin Chemotherapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Multiple Lymph Node Metastases - Report of a Case].

An 82-year-old man with upper abdominal pain was referred to our hospital because of an elevated serum CEA level and dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts on ultrasonography.Computed tomography revealed a hypovascular mass measuring 5.0 cm in size in the lateral section, dilatation of the peripheral intrahepatic bile ducts, and swollen lymph nodes around the lesser curvature of the stomach, the common hepatic artery, and the paraaorta.He was diagnosed with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and he received chemotherapy with biweekly gemcitabine plus cisplatin.After 33 courses of the chemotherapy, computed tomography revealed that the tumor size decreased over 63%, and all swollen lymph nodes had almost resolved.He underwent a left hemihepatectomy 1 year 6 months after the start of the chemotherapy.He remains alive and well with no evidence of recurrence, 11 months after resection.