[Complete remission of liver metastasis from rectal cancer following continuous oral administration of tegafur-uracil after intrahepatic arterial single injection of CDDP and 5-FU]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1998 Sep;25(11):1767-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An intrahepatic arterial injection of CDDP, 5-FU, followed by ten months of oral tegafur-uracil administration (2g/day), induced remission for 3 months or more in a 72-year-old male with rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastasis subsequent to anterior resection of the rectum. Tegafur-uracil showed an excellent anticancer effect against colorectal metastatic liver cancers without loss of QOL because a single-low dose of intraarterial anticancer injection was followed by continuous oral administration of tegafur-uracil, and the chemotherapy could be managed to obtain complete remission of the hepatic lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Remission Induction
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage*
  • Uracil / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • UFT(R) drug
  • Tegafur
  • Uracil
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • CF regimen