Low-dose cisplatin plus oral tegafur and uracil for the treatment of lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background/aims: An effective treatment for unresectable multiple lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma have never been established.

Methodology: Six patients received the chemotherapy described herein as an initial treatment for lung metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma. Low-dose cisplatin infusion plus oral tegafur and uracil administration combination therapy essentially consisted of cisplatin (10 mg/day over 1 hour) infused on days 1-5 every week and oral tegafur and uracil (300 mg/day) administrated every day.

New method of catheter-port system implantation in hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.

Background: This report describes a novel method of implantation of the catheter-port system in hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy, which is the inferior epigastric arterial approach.

Methods: Using this method, the length of incision is about 3 cm in lower abdomen. The inferior epigastric artery is exposed above the inguinal ligament.