title: Usefulness of prophylactic transcatheter arterial infusion of anticancer agents with lipiodol to prevent recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection.
abstract: To improve the prognosis after hepatectomy for HCC, repeated postoperative transcatheter arterial infusions of anticancer drugs and lipiodol (TAI) were given. TAI may be effective as an adjuvant therapy for prevention of residual liver recurrence after hepatectomy, probably by suppression of the development of intrahepatic micrometastases rather than of multicentric carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. togo@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Togo
authors.forename: Kuniya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masui
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekido
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D018890:Chemoprevention; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D007459:Iodized Oil