[Preliminary clinical evaluation of low-dose cisplatin and continuous infusion of 5-FU (LFP) chemotherapy after weekly high-dose 5-FU therapy for the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer].

In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of low-dose cisplatin and continuous 5-FU infusion systemic chemotherapy (LFP therapy) for the treatment of unresectable and recurrent liver metastases from colorectal cancer after weekly high-dose 5-FU therapy via the hepatic artery (WHF therapy). At the start of chemotherapy, 12 patients with multiple extrahepatic lesions were treated with the LFP therapy (LFP group), and 18 patients with none or a few extrahepatic lesions were treated with the WHF therapy followed by the LFP therapy (LFP after WHF group). In the LFP group, the response rate was 50.0% (PR 6) and the one-year survival rate was 50.0%. On the contrary, in the LFP after WHF group, the response rate was 38.9% (CR 1, PR 6) and the one-year survival rate after LFP started was 46.0%. We conclude that the LFP therapy may be effective for the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer even after the WHF therapy.