[A case of huge liver metastasis from colon cancer successfully treated by hepatic intraarterial infusion of low-dose 5-FU]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1997 Sep;24(12):1761-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 71-year-old man with unresectable liver metastasis from colon cancer was treated by hepatic intraarterial infusion of low dose 5-FU (250 mg/body/day). The tumor measured 18 cm by ultrasonography and has reduced gradually to five cm during three years. Both serum CEA and CA 19-9 levels were as high as 49.9 ng/ml and 5,500 U/ml respectively, before treatment, but normalized. This case suggested that this hepatic intraarterial infusion of low-dose 5-FU might be effective to treat unresectable liver metastasis, especially with portal tumor thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage*
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Portal System / pathology

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Fluorouracil