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Subsegmental transcatheter arterial embolization for small hepatocellular carcinomas: local therapeutic effect and 5-year survival rate

  • Clinical Aspects in the Treatment for Operable and Session II. Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy II. 1. TAE-1
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Transcatheter Arterial Embolization, Chemotherapy
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The local therapeutic effects and 5-year survival rates obtained following subsegmental transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) therapy for small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 124 nodular-type HCC lesions measuring less than 4 cm in diameter in 100 patients with liver cirrhosis were subjected to the analysis. All lesions became opaque on digital subtraction angiography. Complete necrosis was seen in 64% of 11 resected lesions. Among the remaining 113 lesions, the 1- and 5-year local recurrence rates following one performance of TAE were 18% and 33%, respectively. The 1- and 5-year survival rates were 100% and 53%, respectively. No significant side effect was observed after TAE therapy. Subsegmental TAE therapy significantly improved the long-term survival rates of patients with small HCCs associated with liver cirrhosis as compared with those treated by conventional TAE therapy.

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Matsui, O., Kadoya, M., Yoshikawa, J. et al. Subsegmental transcatheter arterial embolization for small hepatocellular carcinomas: local therapeutic effect and 5-year survival rate. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 33 (Suppl 1), S84–S88 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686674

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