[A case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with lung metastasis which responded to chemotherapy with a single use of 1-hexylcarbamoyl-5-fluorouracil (HCFU)]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1989 Feb;16(2):269-72.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

To our knowledge, there has been only one report pertaining to the efficacy of HCFU for treatment of metastatic lung lesion of HCC, so we reported a case of HCC with lung metastasis which responded to chemotherapy with a single use of HCFU. A 64-year-old male was diagnosed as having HCC with lung metastasis by biochemical examination, abdominal CT, hepatic arteriogram and chest X-P. He had been treated previously with gamma-interferon and mitoxantrone, which were assessed as NC and PD, respectively. Two months after last chemotherapy, HCFU was administrated at a dose of 400 mg/body everyday for 8 months. After 4 weeks metastatic lung lesions showed remarkable regression (47% decrease) and disappeared completely 9 weeks later. The size of primary liver tumor gradually decreased during therapy and revealed marked improvement (85.7% decrease) after about 2 months of this therapy. During these periods serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein dropped from 430 ng/ml to less than 10 ng/ml. He is presently still alive and the duration of the PR attained to 35 weeks. As side effects, hypoproteinemia, anorexia and hot sensation were observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / secondary
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Remission Induction

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • carmofur
  • Fluorouracil