Intravenous chemotherapy with a combination of several drugs is commonly used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer. However, the associated adverse events can be severe. Here we report a rare case of metastatic rectal cancer in an elderly patient who got complete response for metastatic rectal cancer with oral uracil-tegafur plus leucovorin therapy.
Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University, 4-57 Urafunecho, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan. u0970047@urahp.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
