[Two cases of obstructive jaundice due to extrahepatic carcinoma of the bile duct with marked response to daily oral administration of etoposide].

Two cases of obstructive jaundice due to cancer of extrahepatic bile duct were treated with a combination chemotherapy combined with etoposide. The first case was a 81-year-old male and the second case was a 62-year-old female who introduced to this hospital because of jaundice and admitted. Cholangiography was performed and diagnosed cancer of the extrahepatic bile duct. Daily oral administration of etoposide (25mg/day) added to other immunochemotherapy was carried out. The cholangiography via PTCD tube revealed a passage of obstruction of the choledochus. These data suggest that a combination chemotherapy including oral administration of etoposide was effective in these two cases.