title: [Radiological contribution to the treatment of primary and secondary liver tumors].
abstract: The prognosis of patients with primary and secondary liver tumors has been improved recently by more aggressive operative, chemotherapeutic and embolization treatments. In a personal series of 40 patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer, regional intra-arterial chemotherapy was superior to systemic intravenous treatment, with a tumor remission rate of 66% in comparison to 48% of the cases. But the benefit of intra-arterial chemotherapy is still questionable considering the higher complication rate and the absence of prognostic data of the procedure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001079:Apudoma / Q000628:therapy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: Radiologischer Beitrag zur Behandlung primärer und sekundärer Lebertumoren.