[A case of colon cancer with liver metastases and lymph node metastases successfully treated with surgery followed by CPT-11 and 5-FU chemotherapy].

A sixty-year-old woman underwent right hemicolectomy and D2 lymph node dissection. However, a solitary liver metastasis and para-aortic lymph node metastasis were detected three months after surgery. Chemotherapy using CPT-11 and 5-FU (civ) was immediately performed. After one course of this regimen, the chemotherapeutic effect was evaluated as a partial response (PR) in the liver metastasis, and as a complete response (CR) in the para-aortic lymph node. There was a massive therapeutic effect without side effects. Two further courses of chemotherapy were performed after changing from 5-FU to 5'-DFUR. Both regions of metastasis (liver and lymph nodes) continue to exhibit CR and the patient is free from any symptoms almost one year after surgery. The authors believe that this regimen is very effective and will contribute quality of life in advanced colon cancer patients.