Long Term Complete Remission in Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma With Docetaxel, Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine Combination Regimen

Gastrointestinal tract cancers are highly lethal malignancies with early metastatic dissemination. Chemotherapy is therefore of crucial importance in advanced cancer for obtaining palliation of symptoms and improving survival. However, there is no universal standard chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of gastroesophageal cancer. Also, complete remission is an uncommon outcome in advanced gastroesophageal cancers treated with chemotherapy; and where encountered, the response is not sustained. We present a 65 year-old patient who presented with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. She had histopathologically proven liver metastases. She was treated with chemotherapy comprising of six cycles of Docetaxel, Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine (DOX). She showed complete remission with disappearance of local as well as liver lesions, and achieved disease free status for 9 months. This is the first known sustained Complete Response in a case of advanced gastric carcinoma with DOX combination regimen.