These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: A combination therapy with transarterial chemo-lipiodolization and systemic chemo-infusion for large extensive hepatocellular carcinoma invading portal vein in comparison with conservative management.
    Author: Jang JW, Bae SH, Choi JY, Oh HJ, Kim MS, Lee SY, Kim CW, Chang UI, Nam SW, Cha SB, Lee YJ, Chun HJ, Choi BG, Byun JY, Yoon SK.
    Journal: Cancer Chemother Pharmacol; 2007 Jan; 59(1):9-15. PubMed ID: 16614848.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) invading the portal vein is a medical challenge. We evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of a combination of transarterial and systemic chemo-infusion for large HCC with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) compared with conservative management. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a case-control cohort study of 103 consecutive patients with Child-Pugh class A who had a large (>10 cm) HCC with PVT. The patients were assigned to receive either combined transarterial epirubicin (50 mg/m(2)) plus cisplatin (60 mg/m(2)) chemo-lipiodolization and systemic 5-fluorouracil (200 mg/m(2)) chemo-infusion (ECF regimen) at monthly intervals (n=80) or conservative management (n=23). RESULTS: The objective tumor response (21.3 vs. 0%, P=0.011) and overall survival (8.7 vs. 3.5 months, P<0.001) were significantly better in the treatment group than in the conservative group. The prognostic factors for survival were tumor type (P=0.007), bilobar involvement (P=0.001), distant metastasis (P=0.009) and objective tumor response (P<0.001) for the treatment group. Survival benefits with the treatment were also maintained in each subgroup after stratification of these variables. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that when the hepatic function is preserved, a therapeutic strategy could be more beneficial than conservative management for such a large extensive HCC. As a therapeutic option, a combination therapy using ECF regimen may provide a significantly better tumor response and survival benefit in patients with large HCC invading the portal vein.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]