A case of hepatocellular carcinoma effectively treated with epirubicin aqueous vesicles in monodispersed iodized poppy-seed oil microdroplets

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1427-1430

  Higashi, Shushi ^a   Maeda, Yorio ^a   Kai, Masahiro ^a   Kitamura, Tohru ^a   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^a   Tamura, Shozo ^a   Setoguchi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug delivery system; Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Membrane emulsification technique

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIRUBICIN; GLASS; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMULSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPER HEPATIC ARTERY;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EPIRUBICIN; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS;

EID: 0030444132     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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