title: I-131-Lipiodol therapy in liver neoplasms.
abstract: Twelve patients with liver neoplasms [10 HCC, 1 CCC, 1 multiple breast cancer metastases (BCM)] were treated by transarterial I-131-Lipiodol. Computed tomography (CT) and single photon emission CT (SPECT) showed pronounced I-131-Lipiodol accumulation in the tumor tissue in all cases. In three patients with HCC a reduction of tumor size was achieved after the first treatment. The remaining patients had big tumor masses; 5 of these (4 HCC, 1 CCC) had stable disease after the first treatment, and 2 HCC were progressive. One patient died immediately after therapy due to other reasons. The BCM proved significant reduction in number and size. Eighteen-FDG-PET (positron emission tomography with fluor-18-deoxy-glucose) and CT controls showed in part different results with pretherapeutic PET proving high interindividual variability in tumor activity. Side effects were tolerable. In summary, the therapy procedure with transarterial I-131-Lipiodol is safe and effective in tumors with moderate tumor mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Risse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grünwald
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kleinschmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Biersack
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007459:Iodized Oil