[Intraarterial infusion chemotherapy for recurrent or unresectable gastric cancer].
Sixteen patients with recurrent or unresectable gastric cancer were treated by intraarterial infusion chemotherapy. The tip of the catheter was located at the 9-10th Th level in the aorta of 14 patients and in the common hepatic artery of two. The drug combination was methotrexate + 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), cisplatin, mitomycin C (MMC) + etoposide and MMC + 5-FU. Side effects such as bone marrow suppression, diarrhea and appetite loss were seen in 63% (10/16). The response rate was 36% (4/11) in those who were evaluated, and another three showed relief from symptoms. Median survival time was 11 months, and the one year survival rate was 41%, while two patients showing PR have been alive for more than one year.
Kosaka
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2nd Dept. of Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University.
Takano
Y
Y
Nakano
Y
Y
Akiyama
T
T
Kiriyama
M
M
Tomita
F
F
Saito
H
H
Kita
I
I
Takashima
S
S
Nakagawa
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate
D016685:Mitomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate