Chemotherapy alone without a multimodality approach has never been demonstrated to cure metastatic colorectal cancer patients. We report the case of a young woman referred in 1999 to our institution for a pelvic relapse of rectal cancer remained stable after oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and folinic acid therapy and never grown in size up to now, more than 6 years after the last relapse. Death of all the cancer cells, neuroendocrine cells selection, or cell dormancy are some of the discussed explanations to this unique observation. An intriguing question remains open: Should this patient be considered cured?

Six-year stabilisation of a relapsed pelvic mass from rectal cancer after oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy

TAMPELLINI, MARCO;PAPOTTI, Mauro Giulio;DOGLIOTTI, Luigi
2007-01-01

Abstract

Chemotherapy alone without a multimodality approach has never been demonstrated to cure metastatic colorectal cancer patients. We report the case of a young woman referred in 1999 to our institution for a pelvic relapse of rectal cancer remained stable after oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and folinic acid therapy and never grown in size up to now, more than 6 years after the last relapse. Death of all the cancer cells, neuroendocrine cells selection, or cell dormancy are some of the discussed explanations to this unique observation. An intriguing question remains open: Should this patient be considered cured?
2007
133(10)
783
785
TAMPELLINI M; BRIZZI MP; BITOSSI R; ALABISO I; SCULLI CM; CHIUSA L; PAPOTTI M; DOGLIOTTI L
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