Clinical Study

Real-Life Report on Chemoembolization Using DEBIRI for Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Patient characteristics

Median age, years (range)57, (45–82)

Patient number; Percent

Gender (M/F)16/1160/40
Prior hepatic procedure
 PVE13.5
 H. lobectomy415
 PVE + h. lobectomy27.5
 PVE + RFA13.5
 RFA + h. lobectomy415
 PVE + RFA + h. lobectomy311
 Total1555.5
ECOG performance status
 01456
 1936
 228
Extrahepatic disease (Y/N)11/1640/60

Previous medical historyNumber of patients; Percent

Diabetes415
Cardiac415
Hypertension1245
Previous cancer311
 Breast27.5
 Prostate13.5

Previous chemotherapy

Number of previous lines failedNumber of patients; = 27Percent

1830
21244
3415
427
514
Average chemotherapy lines/patient2
First line
 FOLFOX ± bevacizumab (+/−)21 (17/4)78
 FOLFIRI ± bevacizumab (+/−)5 (3/2)18.5
 FOLFIRINOX ± bevacizumab13.5
Second line
 FOLFOX ± bevacizumab (+/−)5 (4/1)26
 FOLFIRI ± bevacizumab12 (9/3)64
 FOLFIRI + pentamidine 15
 XELIRI + cetuximab15
Postembolization treatment
 Chemotherapy726
 Panitumumab415
 Total1141