Large primary liver cancer treated by chemoembolization combined with radiotherapy successfully.
For unresectable primary liver cancer, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization is the most effective method in reducing the size of tumor and become the most popular forms in Asia, but, it is not a curative approach and additional therapy is needed to kill the residual tumor cells. In this paper, we report a case in which a patient with a single very large liver cancer has been successfully treated by chemoembolization combined with radiotherapy. The results suggest that this is a very promising therapeutic approach for single large primary liver cancer.
Oncology Departments of Cancer Center, Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai, China 200092. guoweijian1@sohu.com
Wei-Jian
WJ
Guo
Er-Xin
EX
Yu
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin; D005472:Fluorouracil