[Metachronous liver metastases treated with repeated liver resections and chemotherapy].
A patient with a radically resected rectosigmoid cancer underwent two liver resections for metachronous metastases. When a third hepatic recurrence was diagnosed, further surgery was considered technically impossible, and the patient was given chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid. He went into complete remission, and seven and a half years after the resection for colorectal cancer no metastases in the liver can be shown by ultrasonography or CT scan. The patient has normal CEA, and is at work.
Carstensen
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Kirurgisk gastroenterologisk afdeling, Københavns Amts Sygehus i Herlev.
Burcharth
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil