[A case of advance colon cancer responding to sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil therapy]

A 60-year-old female was diagnosed by X-ray examination and endoscopy as ascending colon cancer. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed two metastatic tumors in the liver. Abdominal surgery revealed peritoneal disseminations, massive lymph node metastasis and direct invasion of the transverse colon and ileum. From pathological examination the diagnosis was moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. After right hemi-colectomy, sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil therapy as well as oral administration of UFT, liver metastasis disappeared and no sign of ascites was found in this case. Complete response time was over 8 months. There have been no severe complications.