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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A 73-year-old man with positive HBV and HCV underwent a partial hepatectomy (S6 and S5) twice and transcatheter arterial (chemo) embolization (TAE) four times, thereafter. During these treatments, HCC became intractable and the patient complained of general fatigue. The liver function was Child's classification A, and serum AFP was 6,737 ng/ml. Abdominal CT scan revealed recurrent lesions in the right hepatic lobe and left adrenal gland. The catheter for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy was inserted from the left femoral artery. Arterial chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU 750 mg) and cisplatin (CDDP 10 mg) was performed every two weeks. During 6 courses of this regimen, a significant side effect did not appear. Abdominal CT revealed no change in size, but serum AFP decreased up to 794 ng/ml and the general fatigue subsided. After 2 months, serum AFP began to increase and became 1454 ng/ml. The regimen of arterial chemotherapy was changed to epirubicin (EPI 40 mg every two weeks) and UFT-E (300 mg/day for four weeks), followed by a week off. An appetite loss (grade 2) appeared, but it could be well controlled. Serum AFP decreased again, up to 54 ng/ml. A good QOL was kept for about one year after the initiation of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0385-0684
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1928-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Chemoembolization, Therapeutic, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Epirubicin, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Hepatectomy, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Hepatic Artery, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Infusions, Intra-Arterial, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Quality of Life, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Tegafur, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-Uracil, pubmed-meshheading:17212149-alpha-Fetoproteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma providing a good QOL].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Surgery, Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports