[Evaluation of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with levofolinate (l-LV) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for multiple liver metastases from colorectal cancer].

We evaluated the effect of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with levofolinate (l-LV) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for multiple liver metastases from colorectal cancer. All patients received drugs on an outpatient basis every six weeks, followed by no medication for two weeks. In this regimen levofolinate (200 mg/m2) was administered for two hours and 5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m2) was administered for thirty minutes as a bolus. A complete response was obtained in five patients and a partial response in five patients; the overall response rate was 40%. All patients could receive this therapy on an outpatient basis because no patient had side effects of Grade 3 or over. It is suggested that our protocol may be useful for improvement of outcome.