OBJECTIVE We wanted to evaluate whether tumors located in a segmental border zone are predisposed to local recurrence after performing segmental transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-three hepatocellular carcinoma nodules were retrospectively analyzed for local tumor recurrence after performing segmental transarterial chemoembolization by ...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. The majority (approximately 60%) of patients with CRC will eventually develop liver metastases, which remain the most common cause of mortality in these patients. This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effect and tolerability of gelatin sponge particle (GSP)-mediated chemoembolization in the treatment of color...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma have advanced tumour or severe cirrhosis and frequently have associated protein-calorie malnutrition. The role of nutritional supplements for such patients is unclear. AIM To investigate, in a randomized controlled trial, any benefit of the long-term administration of branched chain amino acids in pati...

PURPOSE To compare chemoembolization with conventional chemotherapy and explore the possibility of chemoembolization in the oral and maxillofacial region using encased-anticancer-drug microspheres. METHOD Six mongrel dogs were divided into two equal groups, an experimental group undergoing maxillofacial arterial chemoembolization with cisplatin encased in ethylcellulose microspheres, and a co...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To prospectively test the hypothesis that transcatheter intraarterial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (TRIP-MRI) measured semiquantitative perfusion reductions during transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are associated with tumor response. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients (mean age 63 years; range 47-87 years) with...

OBJECTIVE To present a safe and effective approach to chemoembolization for hepatic neoplasms, and to discuss the complications of chemoembolization and ways of avoiding them. METHODS The techniques and experience described herein are based on clinical practice at Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang, Hubei, China, where over 200 chemoembolization procedures are performed yearly, and on...

OBJECTIVE To examine the usefulness of the authors' method involving preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization followed by hepatectomy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The presence of portal vein tumor thrombus in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most significant factors for a poor prognosis. No standard therapy has been established. METHODS Forty-five of 455 patien...

patients and methods this was a retrospective study including 207 consecutive patients who were enrolled using computerized hepatocellular carcinoma database consisting of 105 patients who underwent combined tace with rfa, and 102 patients who underwent tace alone with long-term follow-up. results the complete remission rate was meaningfully higher in the combination group (97.1%, 102/105) than...

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A 64-year-old diabetic male patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma in the right lobe of the liver with immediate contiguity with liver surface and partial thrombosis of the right portal vein, developed fatal liver abscess shortly following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization with a reduced dose of chemoembolization mixture and no Gelfoam particles. We concluded that TACE in such cir...