title: [Arterial infusion of combination chemotherapy using adriamycin and mitomycin C for hepatoma and metastatic tumors of the liver].
abstract: Forty patients with hepatoma and metastatic tumors of liver were treated with rapid arterial infusion administered simultaneously using 30-40 mg of adriamycin and 10-20 mg of mitomycin C into the hepatic artery by Seldinger catheter. They were 16 patients with breast cancer, 21 with gastrointestinal tumors including hepatoma; 6, gastric cancer; 5, colon cancer; 7, gallbladder cancer; 2, pancreas cancer; 1, and three with other malignancies, respectively. Partial responses were obtained in 14 of 40 patients (35%). The response rate in patients with breast cancer was 44% (7/16), while it was 29% (6/21) with gastrointestinal tumors. The median duration of response was relatively short, being 3.5 months in the former patients and 2.3 months in the latter patients. The median duration of survival was 4.0+ months. The results indicate that this arterial infusion therapy is one of the useful treatments in the management of malignant tumors of the liver. Leukopenia less than 4 x 10(3)/cmm was seen in 63%, while thrombocytopenia less than 100 x 10(3)/cmm in 38%, and decreased hemoglobin value of more than 2 g/dl in 13%, which were quite tolerable. Gastrointestinal symptoms and hair loss were milder than those from systemic chemotherapy. Renal toxicity was seen in three patients, and two patients died of renal failure, thus the renal toxicity, which may be related to contrast media as well as anticancer agents, should be carefully prevented by proper hydration.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin