[A case of effective multidisciplinary treatment with hepatic resection for synchronous multiple liver metastases from rectal cancer].

A 56-year-old-man complained of abdominal pain, and was diagnosed as having advanced rectal cancer with synchronous multiple metastatic liver cancer (H 3) in July 1999. He underwent low anterior resection and hepatic partial resection (S 1, S 2+S 3, S 5, S 6, S 8) in August 1999. In addition, he underwent hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAI) 6 times at ADM 30 mg+5-FU 1,000 mg+MMC 16 mg between October 1999 and July 2000 for recurrent metastatic liver cancer. He has survived more than 6 years after the initial surgery. Multidisciplinary treatment with hepatic resection may well be a strategy for patients with multiple colorectal liver cancer, even though H 3 type of metastasis.