Successful left hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in a child after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: report of a survival.
A 12-year-old boy with large hepatocellular carcinoma is presented. The tumor was successfully resected after reducing the tumor size by transcatheter arterial embolization with Lipiodor containing an antitumor drug. The patient has achieved a 2-year-10-month disease-free survival.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
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Uemura
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Todani
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Y
Watanabe
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A
Toki
Y
Y
Sato
Y
Y
Morotomi
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M
Ohkawa
K
K
Kojima
H
H
Seo
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate