[Evaluation by FDG-PET of arterial infusion chemotherapy for unresectable metastatic liver tumor].
We evaluated arterial infusion chemotherapy for unresectable metastatic liver tumor using FDG-PET and CT. A 72-year-old female patient with multiple metastatic liver tumors of rectal cancer was treated by arterial infusion chemotherapy. The tumor size decreased by chemotherapy, but there was a high uptake lesion of FDG. Three months later, tumor ingrowth was detected. FDG produces images of regional glycolytic activity, and it is a useful method of assessment of tumor viability after chemotherapy in patients with cancer.
Imamoto
E
E
1st Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectual University of Medicine.
Naito
Y
Y
Kuchide
M
M
Tomatsuri
N
N
Yoshida
N
N
Yoshikawa
T
T
Kondo
M
M
Kou
T
T
Kunishima
S
S
Taniguchi
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005472:Fluorouracil