Transcatheter arterial embolization in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
Seven hundred thirty-nine patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma have been treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization using gelatin sponge particles soaked in a solution of Mitomycin C and Adriamycin. This therapy can be equal or superior to surgical resection and serves both as embolic therapy and targeted chemotherapy.
Yamada
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R
Department of Radiology, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Kishi
K
K
Sonomura
T
T
Tsuda
M
M
Nomura
S
S
Satoh
M
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015996:Survival Rate
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin