[A case of postoperative liver metastasis of alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer successfully treated with intrahepatic chemotherapy (adriamycin, cisplatin, irinotecan hydrochloride)]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2002 Nov;29(12):2132-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

There are only a few reports demonstrating effective regimens for AFP-producing gastric cancer. We report a case of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing gastric cancer successfully treated with postoperative intrahepatic chemotherapy, together with a review of the literature. A 63-year-old man was diagnosed as having multiple liver metastases 6 months following total gastrectomy for type 2 gastric cancer. Serum AFP level was markedly elevated at 291.4 ng/ml although the level was not determined at the time of gastrectomy. Twenty cycles of intrahepatic arterial infusion with adriamycin, cisplatin, and irinotecan hydrochloride resulted in a 93% decrease in the liver metastases along with normalization of the serum AFP level. These results suggest that this regimen is worth trying for patients with liver metastasis from AFP-producing gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Gastrectomy
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial*
  • Irinotecan
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • alpha-Fetoproteins
  • Irinotecan
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cisplatin
  • Camptothecin