[Secondary hepatic resections in a case of sigmoid colon cancer with multiple liver metastasis (H3) after successful continuous hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy oriented by in vitro chemosensitivity test]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1997 Jun;24(8):1031-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for sigmoid colon cancer with multiple liver metastasis (H3). As preoperative CTAP (CT during arterial portography) examination showed 23 metastatic nodules in the whole liver, hepatic resections were not indicated. Angiographic findings showed that right and left hepatic arteries branched separately from the celiac artery. Sigmoid colon resection with D3 lymph node dissection and catheterization to the right hepatic artery via gastroduodenal artery were undertaken as a first operation. Continuous hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy with MMC, 5-FU oriented by in vitro chemosensitivity test (SDI test: Succinic Dehydrogenase Inhibition test) of primary tumor was performed 7 days after the first operation. After administration of MMC (40 mg) and 5-FU (16,500 mg), metastatic nodules in the right lobe almost disappeared except for the one tumor of S7, but the size and number of the nodules in the left lobes increased. At 10 months after the first operation, the left hepatic lobectomy and extirpation of only one tumor in the right lobe (S7) underwent. This case showed the usefulness of continuous hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy oriented by in vitro chemosensitivity test for multiple liver metastasis from colon cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Hepatectomy*
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Succinate Dehydrogenase / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Mitomycin
  • Doxorubicin
  • Succinate Dehydrogenase
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil