title: [Three cases of multiple liver metastases of carcinoid tumor responding to hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using degradable starch microspheres].
abstract: We describe three patients with multiple liver metastases of carcinoid tumor who received hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy using degradable starch microspheres (DSM). A partial response was obtained in all cases, and no side effects were observed. We believe that this chemotherapy was an effective treatment for unresectable liver metastases of carcinoid tumor.
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastroenterology, Tokeidai Hospital.
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mezawa
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Takehide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013213:Starch / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin; D013213:Starch