[Two cases of colorectal cancer patients with poor performance status who had unresectable liver metastasis effectively treated by cetuximab]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(11):2189-91.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We reported two cases of colorectal cancer patients with EGFR-positive unresectable synchronous liver metastasis effectively treated by cetuximab after the progression of the prior chemotherapy. Case 1: A 49-year-old female with unresectable synchronous liver metastasis from colon cancer received cetuximab monotherapy as fifth-line therapy. Then, abdominal CT showed shrinkage of the liver metastasis (PR) and the performance status was improved from 3 to 0 as upper abdominal pain reduced. Case 2: A 67-year-old female with unresectable liver metastasis from colon cancer received cetuximab with CPT-11 combined therapy as fourth-line therapy. After that, liver metastasis also decreased (PR), and upper abdominal pain and PS were improved from 2 to 0. These two cases of KRAS status on cancer tissue also showed wild-type, and in these cases cetuximab proved effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cetuximab
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cetuximab