Abstract
The prognosis of patients with liver metastases from breast cancer has to be regarded as rather unfavorable. A 45-year-old woman with cancer of the left breast and multiple simultaneous liver metastases was initially treated with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil. After two treatment cycles a sonogram of the left breast revealed reduction of the tumor size and she underwent a modified radical mastectomy and hepatic artery catheterization. There was no change in the multiple lesions of the liver on abdominal ultrasonography. One week later a regional chemotherapy regimen was given through a hepatic arterial catheter with subcutaneous implanted reservoir. After completion of the seventh course of chemotherapy, ultrasonography revealed that the multiple liver metastases had regressed completely. To date (July 2001) there has been no relapse during the seven-year follow-up period. In conclusion, we suggest that intra-arterial regional chemotherapy may have an important role to play in the management of breast cancer patients with isolated liver metastases.
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