PREVIOUS INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY DOES NOT ALTER RESPONSE RATE OR SURVIVAL-TIME OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL-CANCER TREATED BY HEPATIC-ARTERY CHEMOTHERAPY

Authors
MORRIS DL ZHAO J CLINGAN PR
Citation
Dl. Morris et al., PREVIOUS INTRAVENOUS CHEMOTHERAPY DOES NOT ALTER RESPONSE RATE OR SURVIVAL-TIME OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL-CANCER TREATED BY HEPATIC-ARTERY CHEMOTHERAPY, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 67(11), 1997, pp. 796-797
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
67
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
796 - 797
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1997)67:11<796:PICDNA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Background: The present paper addressed the issue of whether pretreatm ent with intravenous (IV) chemotherapy affects response rate or surviv al in patients receiving hepatic artery chemotherapy (HAC). Methods: C ase note reviews of 164 patients treated in a teaching hospital from J une 1990 to July 1996 were carried out. Results: The response rate and carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) fall in the two groups was almost ide ntical. There was a nonsignificant survival advantage in the non-pretr eatment group. Conclusions: Previous administration of IV chemotherapy did not affect the CEA response of patients receiving HAC.