TY - JOUR T1 - A Gemcitabine Plus 5-Fluorouracil Combination Inhibits Gastric-Cancer Liver Metastasis in a PDOX Model: A Novel Treatment Strategy JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 5393 LP - 5397 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.14547 VL - 40 IS - 10 AU - NORIHIKO SUGISAWA AU - HIROTO NISHINO AU - TAKASHI HIGUCHI AU - JUN HO PARK AU - JUN YAMAMOTO AU - YOSHIHIKO TASHIRO AU - KEI KAWAGUCHI AU - MICHAEL BOUVET AU - MICHIAKI UNNO AU - ROBERT M. HOFFMAN Y1 - 2020/10/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/40/10/5393.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: We established a new patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model of gastric cancer liver metastasis and evaluated the efficacy of a novel combination chemotherapy, gemcitabine (GEM) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), compared to a standard regimen of oxaliplatinum (L-OHP) plus 5-FU on the liver metastasis. Materials and Methods: Patient-derived gastric cancer was established in nude mice from the patient' s surgical tumor specimen. A single tumor fragment was implanted in the liver of nude mice. The mice with tumors were treated by GEM plus 5-FU or L-OHP plus 5-FU. Results: GEM plus 5-FU or L-OHP plus 5-FU significantly and similarly inhibited tumor growth on the liver compared to the untreated control (p=0.007, p=0.02, respectively). Conclusion: GEM plus 5-FU could be a novel future clinical alternative to L-OHP plus 5-FU in gastric cancer patients who cannot tolerate platinum drugs. ER -