[Evaluation of prophylactic hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy after curative hepatectomy for metastatic colorectal cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2004 Oct;31(11):1806-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We evaluated the effect of hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) chemotherapy after curative resection of liver metastases of colorectal cancer. A total of 161 patients underwent curative resection of liver metastases. Among them, 50 patients underwent HAI of 5-FU, and 111 patients had no HAI therapy. The 50% disease-free survival time (50% DFS) was 758 days and 342 days in the HAI group and the non-HAI group (logrank test, p<0.01), and the 50% overall survival time (50% OS) was 978 days versus 730 days (p<0.05), respectively. Among the 71 patients with multiple resectable metastases (H2 or H3), the HAI group had a significantly superior 50% DFS. HAI therapy seems to be an effective form of adjuvant chemotherapy after hepatic resection of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage*
  • Hepatectomy*
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial / methods
  • Liver Neoplasms / mortality
  • Liver Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Fluorouracil