[A case report of preoperative intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy for pancreatic head carcinoma]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1997 Sep;24(12):1825-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy was given preoperatively to one patient with pancreatic head adenocarcinoma, in order to prevent local failure after surgery. Under an angiographic procedure, a catheter was placed in the gastroduodenal artery after embolizing the right gastric artery and gastroepiploic artery. Before surgery, 5-fluorouracil (250 mg/day) had been continuously infused for 2 weeks and bolus infusion of methotrexate (25 mg) with 5 micrograms of angiotensin-II had been performed every 3 days. As a results, the maximum diameter of the pancreatic tumor decreased from 3 cm to 2 cm on the CT-Scan. An extended pancreatoduodenectomy with portal vein reconstruction was performed. In histologic study, degenerative tumor cells were shown not only in the primary tumor but also in the extrapancreatic perineural invasion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Angiotensin II / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • Angiotensin II
  • Fluorouracil
  • Methotrexate