Complete response by a combination of 5-fluorouracil and interferon-α chemotherapy for lung metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection with portal and hepatic vein tumor thrombectomy

Hepatology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 320-324

  Hosogi, Hisahiro ^a   Ikai, Iwao ^a   Hatano, Etsuro ^a   Taura, Kojiro ^a   Fujii, Hideaki ^a   Yamamoto, Naritaka ^a   Shimahara, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interferon; Portal vein tumor thrombus; Systemic chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GELATIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 29144465140     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.09.033     Document Type: Short Survey

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