Open AccessArterial chemotherapy of 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C in the treatment of liver metastases of colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Lianxin Liu,
Weihui Zhang,
Hongchi Jiang,
Aiguo Zhu,
Linfeng Wu,
Shuyi Qi,
Daxun Piao
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v8.i4.663
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , fluorouracil , hepatic arterial infusion , chemotherapy , mitomycin c , surgery , gastroenterology , catheter , laparotomy , cancer
Regional chemotherapy using hepatic artery catheters is a good method of treating patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases. We investigated the survival of patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and mitomycin C Cthrough implantable hepatic arterial infusion port.