Technical update on transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Cure of Hepatoblastoma Through Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization

Ruptured Hepatic Carcinoma After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization☆

BACKGROUND Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is recommended as the first-line therapy for unresectable hepatic carcinoma (HCC). Serious complications such as hepatic abscess and hepatic decompensation are well known, but rupture of HCC after TACE is a rare complication. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the associated risk factors and the outcomes resulting from ru...

Ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is known to be an effective palliative treatment in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although TACE can control tumour growth and palliate the patients, complications of TACE with significant morbidity are well known and adversely affect the outcome of patients. Necrotic tumor rupture is a serious complication of TACE and has a high mor...

The effect of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization on hepatitis C viremia.

To the Editor, We read with great interest the article by Sansonno et al. [1] on transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus sorafenib in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The authors did not provide information on the HCV kinetics of patients receiving this treatment intervention because of the oncologic nature of the study. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) a...

Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Based on Hepatic Hemodynamics for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) classification has recently emerged as the standard classification system for clinical management of patients with HCC. According to the BCLC staging system, curative therapies (resection, transplantation, and percutaneous abl...