{"title":"Spindle cell carcinoma after irradiated oral squamous cell carcinoma treated with S-1","authors":"Koh-ichi Nakashiro, Hidetomo Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Hamakawa","doi":"10.1016/j.ajoms.2010.03.002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Spindle cell carcinoma is considered a subtype of squamous cell carcinoma. There is no effective chemotherapy for cases of recurrence after first-line treatment, and the prognosis is poor. The patient was an 85-year-old man with spindle cell carcinoma after irradiated squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower gingiva. Extended surgery was performed, but 1 month postoperatively recurrence in the contralateral lower lip, cervical lymph node metastasis, and liver metastasis were detected, and treatment with S-1 was started. After 1 month of treatment, the cervical lymph node metastasis had resolved, and the liver metastasis had regressed, but after 4 months of treatment new cervical lymph node metastasis, lung metastasis, and rapid enlargement of the liver metastasis were observed, and led to the patient's death. Treatment with S-1 alone had an adequate antitumor effect temporarily. Further chemotherapeutic trials including S-1 are recommended to treat spindle cell carcinoma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100128,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery","volume":"22 3","pages":"Pages 175-179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ajoms.2010.03.002","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0915699210000555","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Spindle cell carcinoma is considered a subtype of squamous cell carcinoma. There is no effective chemotherapy for cases of recurrence after first-line treatment, and the prognosis is poor. The patient was an 85-year-old man with spindle cell carcinoma after irradiated squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower gingiva. Extended surgery was performed, but 1 month postoperatively recurrence in the contralateral lower lip, cervical lymph node metastasis, and liver metastasis were detected, and treatment with S-1 was started. After 1 month of treatment, the cervical lymph node metastasis had resolved, and the liver metastasis had regressed, but after 4 months of treatment new cervical lymph node metastasis, lung metastasis, and rapid enlargement of the liver metastasis were observed, and led to the patient's death. Treatment with S-1 alone had an adequate antitumor effect temporarily. Further chemotherapeutic trials including S-1 are recommended to treat spindle cell carcinoma.