Nine cases of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the lung were studied to assess the efficacy of surgical management. Between January, 1965 and December 1981, 116 cases of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the lung were treated. Nine of these cases (7.8%), were treated with surgical resection for the pulmonary metastases. The overall crude surviva...
A case of renal cell carcinoma with multiple lung metastases successfully treated with interferon (IFN) following nephrectomy is reported. A 46-year-old man consulted our institute complaining of left flank pain for 3 months on June 18, 1983. Macroscopic hematuria consisting of blood clot had also been found 1 week before. For a diagnosis of left r...
A 69-year-old woman visited our hospital with complaints of low grade fever and general fatigue in October 1990. Computed tomography (CT), ultrasonogram, and renal arteriography showed left renal tumor and she was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (T2M0N0). Left radical nephrectomy was performed in December 12, 1990. After operation, 3 x 10(6) un...
We report a case of lung metastasis from bladder cancer effectively responding to a combination chemotherapy using methotrexate, epirubicin and cisplatin (MEC therapy). A 78-year-old man with high grade bladder cancer underwent total cystectomy on June 5, 1991. He was pointed out to have an abnormal shadow on the plain chest X-ray on August 14, 199...
1)53歳女.IFN-γの皮下投与,吸入療法が無効であった腎細胞癌の肺転移症例に対して,IFN-αとγの併用持続皮下注を行いCRが得られた.この治療方法は肺転移病巣に対して有効な治療方法の一つと考えられる. 2)末梢血リンパ球サブセットではOKIa1の増加がみられた / Previously, we reported a case of complete response (CR) of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with inhalant interferon-gamma. This inhalant therapy was considered effective against metastatic lung hilar tumors. On th...
Published in Respiration
To evaluate the relationship between serum levels of sialyl Lewis X-i antigen and lung metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we measured the serum level of the antigen in 299 patients with untreated locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC. Before treatment, serum levels of sialyl Lewis X-i antigen were significantly higher in...
Published in Urologia Internationalis
We describe 2 cases of prostatic carcinoma with pulmonary metastasis. In the first case there was no lymph node or bone metastasis, and in the second case there was only one bony metastatic lesion. Presentation, etiology and management are discussed.
74歳男.肺転移と肝転移がインターフェロンα2bの投与後に消失し,その後も完全緩解を保っている / A right renal tumor was found in a 74-year-old man with multiple metastases to the lungs and liver. Tumor thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava and a right spermatic varicocele were also noted at the first visit. Interferon alpha-2b and interferon gamma were administered for treatment. Part...
Published in Breast Cancer
Recently there have been several reports on the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with 5’-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (51-DFUR) and cyclophosphamide (CPA) for treating recurrent breast cancer. We report a case in which treatment of local recurrence and lung metastases responded was remarkably effective by this combination chemotherapy. A 45-year-...
