| Title | Hepatic arterial infusion for unresectable colorectal liver metastases combined or not with systemic chemotherapy. | | Author(s) | Pilati P, Mammano E, Mocellin S, Tessari E, Lise M, Nitti D | | Institution | Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Surgery Branch, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy. enzo.mammano@unipd.it. | | Source | Anticancer Res 2009 Oct; 29(10):4139-44. | | Abstract | BACKGROUND: The hypothesis was tested that systemic chemotherapy might contribute to improving overall survival (OS) of patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases treated with hepatic arterial infusion (HAI).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We considered 153 consecutive patients retrospectively divided into group A (n=72) treated with HAI alone (floxuridine [FUDR] + leucovorin [LV]), and group B (n=81) treated with HAI combined with systemic chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil [5FU] + LV).
RESULTS: No significant difference in OS was observed between the two groups. Median OS was better in patients with <50% of liver involvement (21.3 vs. 13.2 months; p<0.0001) and in responders vs. non-responders (24.4 vs. 13.4 months; p<0.0001). The combination of low tumor load with good tumor response to HAI was the only variable retained on multivariate survival analysis, associated with a better clinical outcome (median OS: 34.2 months).
CONCLUSION: Our study does not support the use of FUDR-based HAI combined or not with 5FU-based systemic chemotherapy as the first-line therapeutic approach to unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases. The identification of responsive patients would improve the therapeutic index of this HAI regimen. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19846962 |
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