1. Duodenal Hemorrhage from Pancreatic Cancer Infiltration Controlled through Combination Therapy with Gemcitabine and S-1
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Takuo Yamai, Akemi Takenaka, Ryoji Takada, Kazuhiro Katayama, Yasuhiko Tomita, Nobuko Ishida, Hiroyuki Uehara, Nobuyasu Fukutake, Reiko Ashida, Hironari Sueyoshi, and Tatsuya Ioka
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Gastrointestinal bleeding ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Chemotherapy ,Combination therapy ,Performance status ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Gastroenterology ,Pancreatic cancer ,medicine.disease ,Gemcitabine ,Duodenal infiltration ,Published online: June, 2014 ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,lcsh:RC799-869 ,business ,Infiltration (medical) ,Duodenal hemorrhage ,medicine.drug - Abstract
2.6% of pancreatic cancer patients have the primary manifestation of gastrointestinal bleeding. It is not feasible to stop the duodenal hemorrhage caused by the pancreatic cancer infiltration. A 43-year-old woman who was diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer with multiple hepatic metastases and duodenal infiltration was administered gemcitabine and S-1 combination therapy. During the chemotherapy, initially, bleeding occurred due to duodenal infiltration. However, we continued the chemotherapy and duodenal infiltration was markedly reduced in size and did not rebleed. Aggressive chemotherapy contributed to maintenance of performance status as well as improvement of quality of life for the patient.
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- 2014