[Colonic perforation in a patient treated with combination chemotherapy for recurrent ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma].

Background: Colonic perforation due to colitis is a known and reported side effect of chemotherapy.

Case Report: A 53-year-old woman was treated with combination chemotherapy of irinotecan plus cisplatin for a recurrent ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma. Steroid was also used for suspected interstitial pneumonia.

[A case of advanced esophageal cancer with suspected tracheoesophageal fistula that responded to chemoradiotherapy].

Chemoradiotherapy combined cisplatin, 5-FU and radiation was carried out in an advanced esophageal cancer with suspected tracheoesophageal fistula after insertion of an expandable metallic stent. Regression of the primary tumor was observed, and oral intake could be started. Chemoradiotherapy after insertion of the expandable metallic stent was useful in this case of advanced esophageal cancer with suspected tracheoesophageal fistula.

[A case of recurrent breast cancer complicated with pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade].

A 56-year-old female with breast cancer after left partial mastectomy and subaxillary lymph node dissection was treated with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. After one year left lung metastasis and malignant pleural effusion had resisted and progressed against several types of chemotherapy. Although combination chemotherapy of trastuzumab and vinorelbine was started, pericardial effusions progressed.