[Three cases of multiple liver metastases of carcinoid tumor responding to hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using degradable starch microspheres]

Kunihiro Takanashi; Hisato Homma; Shinichi Mezawa; Tadashi Doi; Takehide Akiyama; Takuro Machida; Ken Murakami; Kenichiro Hirata; Satoru Iyama

[Three cases of multiple liver metastases of carcinoid tumor responding to hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using degradable starch microspheres]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2002 Nov;29(12):2358-61.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Kunihiro Takanashi¹, Hisato Homma, Shinichi Mezawa, Tadashi Doi, Takehide Akiyama, Takuro Machida, Ken Murakami, Kenichiro Hirata, Satoru Iyama

Affiliation

¹ Center for Gastroenterology, Tokeidai Hospital.

PMID: 12484074

Abstract

We describe three patients with multiple liver metastases of carcinoid tumor who received hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using degradable starch microspheres (DSM). A partial response was obtained in all cases, and no side effects were observed. We believe that this chemotherapy was an effective treatment for unresectable liver metastases of carcinoid tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
Biodegradation, Environmental
Carcinoid Tumor / drug therapy*
Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
Female
Hepatic Artery
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial*
Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
Male
Microspheres
Middle Aged
Mitomycin / administration & dosage
Starch / administration & dosage*

Substances

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Mitomycin
Starch