[A case of Vp3 hepatocellular carcinoma with a good QOL after multidisciplinary treatments]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2004 Oct;31(11):1915-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 74-year-old male was examined with abdominal CT scan because of general fatigue. Abdominal CT scan indicated enhanced tumors, 9x8 cm in size in subsegment 6/7 and 5 mm in size in subsegment 3. Tumor thrombus was observed in the right portal branch to the main portal vein. We diagnosed the patient with Vp3 hepatocellular carcinoma. A right hepatectomy with extraction of portal venous thrombus was performed. Unresectable tumor was treated with one shot arterial infusion (epi-ADM 40 mg) and TAE 3 times at an interval of three months. The side effect was only a fever and the QOL was good under the treatment. But a tumor in S1 had developed, and the patient died at about 12 months after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Epirubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology
  • Quality of Life*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Epirubicin
  • Doxorubicin