Hormonal therapy with megestrol in inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma characterized by variant oestrogen receptors

Oestrogen receptors in colorectal carcinoma.

The oestrogen receptor content of colorectal adenocarcinoma was investigated using an established ligand binding biochemical assay and two more recently introduced techniques using specific monoclonal antibodies (Abbott ER-EIA and ER-ICA assay kits). Twenty nine tumours were investigated by the ligand binding assay. Only one (3.4%) tumour gave a weakly positive result (11 fmol/mg cytosol protei...

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sheep

Cost-utility of stereotactic radiation therapy versus proton beam therapy for inoperable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

The cost-utility of proton beam therapy was compared to stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. A Markov decision-analytic model was performed following time to progression and survival using phase II trial data. Patients transitioned between three health states. Clinical outcomes were estimated for quality of life using utility estimates in the pub...

Is Chemoembolisation of Value in Inoperable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chemoembolisation has been extensively used as primary treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this unit, 185 patients with a new diagnosis of HCC not amenable to surgery were seen between 1988 and 1991. Intended therapy for these patients was chemoembolisation with doxorubicin (60 mg/m2) and lipiodol, repeated at six week intervals until it was technically no longer possi...

Evaluation of Photoelectron Therapy Effect on Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Mofid B1, Navabpoor M2, Alizadeh Azimi M3 1. Assistant professor, Department of Radiotherapy, Faculty of Para-Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences 2. Instructor, Department of Technology of radiology, Faculty of Para-Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences Abstract Background: Photoelectron therapy method has been usad successfully, on the body phantom...