Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
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This randomized phase III trial compared hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) followed by uracil/tegafur (UFT) and leucovorin (LV) versus UFT/LV alone for patients with curatively resected liver metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC). ⋯ Although this study was limited by a small sample size after early study termination, our analysis found that HAI with 5-FU followed by UFT/LV did not improve the DFS of patients with curatively resected liver metastases from CRC compared with UFT/LV alone. The future studies are necessary to evaluate the survival benefit of HAI in combination with newer systemic chemotherapeutic agents for patients with resectable liver metastases from CRC.
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Proper preoperative staging is vital in the treatment of breast cancer patients. Fluorine-18-labeled 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) and conventional diagnostic modalities including ultrasonography (US), mammography (MG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a greater role. ⋯ US and MRI should remain the first line for the diagnosis of breast cancer. Both MRI and FDG-PET/CT could accurately diagnose the primary breast cancer and stage the axilla lymph nodes, but further large population study is needed.