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The inhibitory effect of FR-118487, a potent angiogenesis inhibitor, on neovascularization induced by the VX2 tumor was confirmed in a rabbit corneal assay. The antimetastatic effect of FR-118487 was also investigated in 21 rabbits. Spontaneous liver metastases were induced by VX2 tumor cell implantation into the ascending colonic wall. FR-118487 was then infused continuously into the portal vein for 7 days after resection of the primary lesion at a dose of 1mg/ kg/day (FR-1 group) or 3 mg/kg/day (FR-3 group). The incidence of liver metastases was 71.4%, occurring in 5 of 7 rabbits, in each of the FR-1 and FR-3 groups, compared with 100%, being all of 7 rabbits, in the control group. The number of metastatic foci tended to be less in the FR-1 (31.0±36.0) and FR-3 (24.6±45.1) groups than in the control group (83.7±73.9) and the weight of metastatic foci was significantly less in the FR-1 (1.4±1.8 g) and FR-3 (1.3±2.0 g) groups than in the control group (6.5±4.9 g) (P<0.05). However, leakage of the colonic anastomosis and body weight loss were limited to the FR-3 group. These results suggest that the continuous intraportal infusion of FR-118487 at 1mg/kg/day suppressed liver metastases by inhibiting angiogenesis, without producing any adverse effects.
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Eda, I., Soga, H., Ueoka, M. et al. The suppression of postoperative liver metastasis caused by the continuous intraportal infusion of angiogenesis inhibitor FR-118487 in a rabbit colon cancer model. Surg Today 28, 273–278 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050120
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