[A patient with pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma, effectively treated by the infusion chemotherapy through hepatic artery using 5-FU, CDDP and MMC]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1996 Sep;23(11):1614-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Chemotherapy for pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma has not been well studied. We report herein one patient, in whom arterial chemotherapy with 5-FU, CDDP and MMC was extremely effective. He underwent distal pancreatectomy associated with partial resection of transverse colon. Hepatic recurrence was detected by MRI 8 months after the surgery. 5-FU (250 mg/day), CDDP (20 mg/day), and MMC (10 mg) was injected through a catheter introduced into the proper hepatic artery. His tumor became hardly detectable by MRI, and he was discharged about 1 month after admission. 5-FU (250 mg) and CDDP (20 mg) were injected every two weeks, and recurrence was not observed for 5 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / drug therapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Mitomycin
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil