Abstract
An 84-year-old female underwent open right hemicolectomy with D3 lymph node dissection for cecal cancer, pathologically identified as pT4aN2M0 Stage IIIc and BRAF mutation-positive. Due to early recurrence of abdominal wall and right lateral lymph nodes, the patient was treated with FOLFOXIRI+Bevacizumab. Imaging after 5 courses of chemotherapy found tumor shrinkage and no new metastases. The patient did not tolerate chemotherapy well, and tumor resection was performed. Microsatellite instability (MSI) testing using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fragment analysis revealed MSI-high status. The patient is currently recurrence-free without chemotherapy at 1 year postoperatively. BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer has a poor prognosis, and may require resection of the metastatic or recurrent tumor after comprehensive evaluation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 605-608 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Acta medica Okayama |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Braf v600e mutation
- Cecal cancer
- Msi-high
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)