[Evaluation by FDG-PET of arterial infusion chemotherapy for unresectable metastatic liver tumor]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2000 Oct;27(12):1973-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We evaluated arterial infusion chemotherapy for unresectable metastatic liver tumor using FDG-PET and CT. A 72-year-old female patient with multiple metastatic liver tumors of rectal cancer was treated by arterial infusion chemotherapy. The tumor size decreased by chemotherapy, but there was a high uptake lesion of FDG. Three months later, tumor ingrowth was detected. FDG produces images of regional glycolytic activity, and it is a useful method of assessment of tumor viability after chemotherapy in patients with cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Fluorouracil