title: [A case of multiple liver metastases from colon cancer successfully treated with pharmacokinetic modulating chemotherapy].
abstract: The present patient was a 54-year-old woman with anemia. After examination to identify the cause of anemia, she was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer and multiple liver metastasis. Sigmoid colectomy and insertion of an intra-hepatic arterial catheter were carried out. Histopathological examination of the resection specimen revealed well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, with a depth of tumor invasion of ss and positive lymph node metastasis. Pharmacokinetic modulating chemotherapy (PMC) was performed after the operation. The PMC consisted of oral UFT 300 to 400 mg/day every day and continuous arterial infusion of 5-FU 750 to 1,000 mg/24 h once a week. On a CT scan of the abdomen performed 6 months after the operation, the liver metastasis had disappeared and the patient was in complete remission (CR). PMC was continued, but the hepatic artery became occluded 1 year and 11 months after the operation, and so PMC was replaced by systemic chemotherapy of 5-FU plus levofolinate at 2 years after the operation. This chemotherapy was discontinued after 3 courses. At present, 2 years and 10 months after the operation, the patient remains in CR and is followed as an outpatient.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil; D005472:Fluorouracil