title: Changes of AFPmRNA in blood after percutaneous ethanol injection treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effects of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Blood samples were taken from 9 HCC patients and detected by nested RT-PCR to find out AFPmRNA after PEI treatment 3-5 times within 2 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three (44.44%) of 4 patients with AFPmRNA positive turned to be negative after PEI treatment and 1 with AFPmRNA positive (11.11%) lasted within 2 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PEI may diminish the possibility of distant metastasis of HCC.
authors: Institute of East Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200348, China. liuyang@smmu.edu.cn
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: Meng-Chao
authors: MC
authors: Wu
authors: Guang-Xiang
authors: GX
authors: Qian
authors: Bai-He
authors: BH
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D000431:Ethanol