[Hepatic arterial infusion and occlusion technique for the evaluation of the hepatic resection to control the local liver tumor].

We report 2 cases of metachronous liver metastases from gastric cancer and 1 case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that are treated with a hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) to control the progression of local liver tumor. The treatments consist of HAI of epirubicin and mitomycin C plus degradable starch microspheres (DSM) to achieve temporary vascular occlusions. Hepatic resections were not performed in all cases because of the appearance of multiple liver metastases, or the hepatic vascular occlusion in 2 cases of gastric cancer, and the liver damage in the case of HCC. Therefore, HAI with DSM is useful for the evaluation of the hepatic resection in controlling of the local liver tumor.