Clinical evaluation of interventional radiology for renal cell carcinoma in 100 patients.
One hundred of 160 patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) were treated by interventional radiology (IVR) in the period from 1978 to 1989. The number and kind of interventions done each year were classified retrospectively. More than half of the patients underwent therapeutic arterial embolization or intraarterial infusion of anticancer drugs during the first half of the period. More recently, about half of the patients have had nephrectomies without IVR. One patient with advanced RCC by IVR 18 times lived 8 years and three months after diagnosis, but that was exceptionally long. IVR has been more effective against hepatocellular carcinoma than RCC, for several reasons.
Minakuchi
K
K
Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Medical School.
Takada
K
K
Nishio
H
H
Morimoto
A
A
Usuki
N
N
Matsuo
R
R
Nakamura
K
K
Onoyama
Y
Y
Yasumoto
R
R
Kishimoto
T
T
D000792:Angiography; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001027:Aortography; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents