Postoperative Folfox4 Only Versus Folfox4 Plus Transhepatic Arterial Chemotherapy (TAC) in the Treatment Unresectable Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer

Postoperative folfox4 Only vs folfox4 Plus TAC in the Treatment Unresectable Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer: a Randomized,Prospective,Control Trial

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether TAC plus FOLFOX4 are able to improve resection rate and overall survival in patients receiving primary colorectal tumor resection than given FOLFOX4 only.

We administered three cycles FOLFOX4 plus on TAC (oxaliplatin, FUDR and MMC) or FOLFOX4 only to primary colorectal tumor resected patients with unresected liver metastasis. The study endpoints were resection rate of liver metastasis, progression-free survival, overall survival as evaluated by intent-to-treat analysis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age < 75 years with histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
• no severe major organ dysfunction
• WHO performance status of 0 or 1
• no prior cancer therapy
• with measurable unresectableliver metastasis
• without other metastasis

Exclusion Criteria:

• age >= 75
• severe major organ dysfunction
• WHO performance status of >1
• prior cancer therapy
• with other metastasis