Abstract | PURPOSE: Long-term survival and cure cannot be achieved in patients with unresectable, advanced abdominal cancer, because no chemotherapeutic treatment has definite antitumor activity for malignant solid tumor and its dissemination. In this study, arterial and intraperitoneal administration of oily anticancer agents, which have properties that permit targeted chemotherapy for VX2 carcinoma implanted in the liver, was attempted to achieve long-term survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS: RESULTS: Twelve out of thirteen rabbits survived and VX2 cancer was not observed in these 12 rabbits. The controls received a sham operation, an intraperitoneal injection of the cocktail of oily anticancer agents alone, or an arterial injection of HN2-O/ Lipiodol alone. In these control groups, 27 out of 29 rabbits died of cancer. To examine the dose form for arterial injection, 14 rabbits received an arterial injection of the simple mixture of HN2-O dissolved in physiological saline and Lipiodol, with an additional intraperitoneal injection of the cocktail. Eight of these 14 rabbits died of enlargement of the hepatic tumor and peritoneal dissemination. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | K Tabaru, T Konno, T Oda, A Nagamitsu, Y Ishimaru, N Kitamura |
Journal | Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology
(Cancer Chemother Pharmacol)
Vol. 47
Issue 2
Pg. 149-54
( 2001)
ISSN: 0344-5704 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 11269741
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Mechlorethamine
- Iodized Oil
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Topics |
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
(administration & dosage)
- Female
- Injections, Intra-Arterial
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Iodized Oil
(administration & dosage)
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
(drug therapy, pathology)
- Male
- Mechlorethamine
(administration & dosage)
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Rabbits
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