[A case of advanced gastric cancer with liver metastases successfully treated by combination therapy of TS-1 and docetaxel].

The patient was a 70-year-old man who was diagnosed inoperable because of liver metastases of advanced gastric cancer and his respiratory dysfunction. He received docetaxel at the starting dose of 40 mg/m(2) by iv infusion over 1 hour on day 1 and TS-1 at the full dose of 80 mg/m(2) daily for two weeks every three weeks. After 6 cycles of this combination therapy, gastric cancer with liver metastases entirely disappeared.

A case of non-small cell lung cancer with false-positive staging by positron emission tomography.

A 70-year-old woman with right lung cancer was admitted to our hospital. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an approximate 2.5 cm sized mass in the right middle lobe, and enlarged hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes.