title: Advanced gastric cancer with brain metastasis effectively treated by arterial infusion chemotherapy: A case report.
abstract: The current report presents a case of advanced gastric cancer with brain metastasis effectively treated by intra-left gastric arterial and internal carotid arterial infusions of tegafur, epirubicin and lobaplatin. The patient was a 73-year-old male complaining of headache, nausea/emesis and discomfort in the upper abdomen for six months and was found to have advanced gastric cancer with brain metastasis. The patient was treated by intra-left gastric arterial infusion of 800 mg tegafur, 20 mg epirubicin hydrochloride and 30 mg lobaplatin; and intra-left internal carotid arterial infusion of 400 mg tegafur, 10 mg epirubicin hydrochloride and 20 mg lobaplatin. Following four cycles of intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy, the patient's brain metastasis and discomfort in the upper abdomen had disappeared. The treatment appeared effective for advanced gastric cancer with brain metastasis. However, further investigation in a large-sample study is required to confirm its validity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Bin Hu Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhaohong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shengde
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Bin Hu Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chaobin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Minyan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Mingzhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
keywords: advanced gastric cancer; brain metastasis; intra-arterial infusion