ROLE OF PORTAL-VEIN CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWING FAILURE OF PREVIOUS TREATMENT FOR ADVANCED COLORECTAL HEPATIC METASTASES

Authors
FENTONLEE D ROSS WB CLINGAN P PHADKE K MORRIS DL
Citation
D. Fentonlee et al., ROLE OF PORTAL-VEIN CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWING FAILURE OF PREVIOUS TREATMENT FOR ADVANCED COLORECTAL HEPATIC METASTASES, British Journal of Surgery, 84(2), 1997, pp. 205-206
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071323
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
205 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1323(1997)84:2<205:ROPCFF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The value of hepatic arterial chemotherapy and portal vein chemotherap y (PVC) for inoperable liver metastases is supported by several prospe ctive randomized studies, with response rates of 40-60 per cent and a significant survival advantage for patients(1-3). The role of PVC in p atients with advanced colorectal liver metastases when other treatment modalities have failed has not been determined previously.