[Hepatic infusion of docetaxel using PEIT for a patient with stage IV breast cancer]

Hepatic infusion of docetaxel using PEIT was performed for a patient with stage IV breast cancer. Docetaxel was effective to a solitary liver metastatic lesion. A 64-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a left breast mass that was bleeding. She was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. Surgery was performed on February 16th. The pathological diagnosis was invasive ductal carcinoma, and hormone receptors were negative. Two weeks after operation, monthly docetaxel injections were given together with doxifluidine 400 mg/day p.o., cyclophosphamide 50 mg/day p.o., and fadrozole hydrochloride hydrate 2 mg/day p.o. After two courses, hepatic infusion of docetaxel was performed using PEIT after informed consent. The patient's high serum CEA and CA15-3 level returned to the normal range. A metastatic lesion on CT changed to a cystic pattern. These results suggest that PEIT is worth trying in patients with solitary liver metastasis from breast cancer.