[A case of complete response by intermittent intra-arterial injection of 5-fluorouracil and carboplatin for liver metastases due to pancreatic cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1993 Aug;20(11):1669-71.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman with multiple liver metastases after pancreato-duodenectomy for pancreas cancer was inserted with a catheter from the left subclavian artery to the proper hepatic artery and an access was placed under the thoracic skin. Using this system, she was injected with 500 mg of 5-fluorouracil and 50 mg of carboplatin once a week. After about 7 months, liver metastases disappeared on ultrasonography and computed tomography scan. The patient is still free from recurrence after about 2 years from the initial chemotherapy. This result suggested that intermittent intra-arterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil and carboplatin is effective for liver metastases of pancreatic cancer, after curative resection of a primary tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Carboplatin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Infusion Pumps, Implantable
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Remission Induction

Substances

  • Carboplatin
  • Fluorouracil