[A case of gastric cancer with multiple liver metastases showing marked efficacy of preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy with CDDP, MMC and UFT(PMU), or CDDP, MMC, UFT and etoposide (PMUE)].

The patient, a 65-year-old male with far advanced gastric cancer of H3N4 (Stage 4), was assumed inoperable on admission and chemotherapy using CDDP, MMC and UFT(PMU) was carried out. As a result, the levels of AFP and CEA were reduced notably, and PR effects were recognized in liver and lymphnode metastatic lesion. Thus, 2 months later, reduction surgery was performed, during which primary lesion was resected and a reservoir tube for chemotherapy was placed in the common hepatic artery. Subsequently, the chemotherapy with Etoposide added to PMU(PMUE) was continued by utilization of a reservoir, so that liver metastasis decreased more than 90% from the maximum. However, metastasis lesions of left lobe of the liver had enlarged with reincrease of AFP and CEA since 6 months after the operation. A month later left lobectomy of the liver was performed. Residual metastases of the liver were then enlarged. PMUE with Ca antagonist was used with little effect then. The patient died of liver failure 15 months after initial admission.