Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature.
Stec R, Grala B, Mączewski M, Bodnar L, Zegadło A, Szczylik C. Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature. Archives of Medical Science. 2009;5(4):647-651.
APA
Stec, R., Grala, B., Mączewski, M., Bodnar, L., Zegadło, A., & Szczylik, C. (2009). Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature. Archives of Medical Science, 5(4), 647-651.
Chicago
Stec, Rafał, Bartłomiej Grala, Michał Mączewski, Lubomir Bodnar, Arkadiusz Zegadło, and Cezary Szczylik. 2009. "Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature.". Archives of Medical Science 5 (4): 647-651.
Harvard
Stec, R., Grala, B., Mączewski, M., Bodnar, L., Zegadło, A., and Szczylik, C. (2009). Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature. Archives of Medical Science, 5(4), pp.647-651.
MLA
Stec, Rafał et al. "Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature." Archives of Medical Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 2009, pp. 647-651.
Vancouver
Stec R, Grala B, Mączewski M, Bodnar L, Zegadło A, Szczylik C. Combination of monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and chemotherapy (FOLFIRI) in palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the small bowel (SBC): case report and review of the literature. Archives of Medical Science. 2009;5(4):647-651.
Small bowel cancer (SBC) is very rare malignancy. Annually about only 89 new cases of SBC are diagnosed in Poland (0.1-0.3%) of all malignancies and approximately 1% of gastrointestinal cancers. The prognosis of metastatic SBC is rather poor. The median survival of patients undergoing chemotherapy is approximately 14 months. Small bowel cancer is considered refractory to chemotherapy. Various anticancer agents have been tested in palliative chemotherapy of SBC: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Cisplatin, Adriamycin, Mitomycin C, Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, Carboplatin. Here we report a rare case of metastatic SBC with complete response (CR) after combination treatment with monoclonal antibody (Bevacizumab) and FOLFIRI (5-FU, Leukovorin, Irinotecan). The patient is alive without disease progression 28 months after her primary presentation of SBC.
Keywords
small bowel cancer, chemotherapy, FOLFIRI, Bevacizumab