Long-term survival of a patient with advanced colon cancer and para-aortic lymph node metastases treated with re-administration of high-dose molecular targeted agent bevacizumab

A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of epigastralgia and abdominal distension. She was diagnosed as advanced colon cancer with para-aortic and common iliac lymph node metastases, without liver and lung metastasis. Extended right hemicolectomy was performed to remove symptoms of stenosis. Bevacizumab (BV) (5 mg/kg) + mFOLFOX6 was performed as the initial postoperative chemotherapy. The tumor marker CEA, CA19-9 decreased, and reduction in the size of distant lymph node metastasis was confirmed, which obtained PR. In July 2009, computed tomography revealed the right pulmonary hilar lymph node metastases and progressive disease was confirmed; therefore, cetuximab and FOLFIRI combination therapy was initiated. However, in October 2009, bilateral inguinal lymph node metastases was seen; therefore we changed chemotherapy to BV (10 mg/kg) and FOLFIRI. Although the abdominal lymph node was decreased slightly after 2 months, chemotherapy was changed to BV (10 mg/kg) and mFOLFOX6 since the inguinal lymph node had enlarged. Skin metastases appeared, and there was no change in the inguinal lymph node and abdominal lymph node. She was deceased due to peritonitis carcinomatosis; however, her survival time exceeded 30 months. There was a possibility that long-term survival could be obtained by increasing the quantity of BV and re-administering it in second-line chemotherapy after PD in BV + FOLFOX first-line chemotherapy.