Transcatheter arterial embolization in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1990 Jun-Jul;13(3):135-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02575464.

Abstract

Seven hundred thirty-nine patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma have been treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization using gelatin sponge particles soaked in a solution of Mitomycin C and Adriamycin. This therapy can be equal or superior to surgical resection and serves both as embolic therapy and targeted chemotherapy.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable*
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / mortality
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Mitomycin
  • Mitomycins / administration & dosage
  • Survival Rate

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Mitomycins
  • Mitomycin
  • Doxorubicin