Application of two lines of chemotherapy: gemcitabine with nab-paclitaxel and liposomal irinotecan with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in patient with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma Case report

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Krystyna Ostrowska-Cichocka
Marek Z. Wojtukiewicz

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is a disease with high mortality. It is predicted to become the second leading cause of cancer death in some regions of the world. Frequent diagnosis at an advanced stage contributes to 5-year survival at a highly unsatisfactory level of 2–9%. Due to the lack of early symptoms, nearly 80% of patients receive a diagnosis when distant metastases develop. So far, the most frequently used programs in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer in the stage of neoplastic spreading include: FOLFIRINOX (oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin), gemcitabine alone or in combination with nab-paclitaxel or erlotinib.


Based on the results of the phase III study NAPOLI-1, liposomal irinotecan in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV ) was approved as the first regimen for use in the second or subsequent line of therapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer previously treated with gemcitabine. This paper presents a case of a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer who was treated with two lines of chemotherapy – gemcitabine in combination with nab-paclitaxel and liposomal irinotecan with 5-FU/LV . The treatment was well tolerated and was considered a valuable therapeutic option. A 2-year overall survival was obtained from the diagnosis of the disease.

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Ostrowska-Cichocka K, Wojtukiewicz MZ. Application of two lines of chemotherapy: gemcitabine with nab-paclitaxel and liposomal irinotecan with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in patient with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. OncoReview [Internet]. 2021Jul.11 [cited 2024Mar.28];11(3(43):68-2. Available from: https://www.journalsmededu.pl/index.php/OncoReview/article/view/1517
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