[A case report--combination chemotherapy with oral UFT and CPT-11, 5-FU, l-LV by hepatic arterial infusion for multiple hepatic metastasis from sigmoid colon cancer].

A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with multiple hepatic metastases from sigmoid colon cancer. She underwent resection of the colon and catheter insertion into the hepatic artery for arterial infusion in August 2006. She was then treated with postoperative combination chemotherapy consisting of UFT and CPT-11, 5-FU, l-LV. UFT was administered orally at 400 mg/body/day every day and CPT-11 was injected at 100 mg/body/week, 5-FU at 750 mg/body/week, and l-LV at 300 mg/body/week for 8 continuous weeks. After 2 months of the chemotherapy, the metastatic liver tumors disappeared. So hepatic arterial infusion with the same regimens was injected once every month 4 more times. Oral UFT was administered every day. After 6 months of the combined chemotherapy above, we judged the effects of the chemotherapy to be a complete response. Then the chemotherapy was followed by oral UFT only. As severe nausea and vomiting were seen in this patient with an initial dose of 150 mg/body/week of CPT-11 at first, we reduced the dose of CPT-11 to 100 mg/body/week. From then, outpatient care was possible because no severe events were observed. Combined chemotherapy consisting of oral UFT and CPT-11, 5-FU and l-LV by hepatic arterial infusion is suggested to be a new and effective treatment for multiple liver metastases from colorectal cancer.