Catheter seeding of hepatocellular carcinoma following placement of a total implantable access port system

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 206-208

  Alessiani, Mario ^a   Vai, Luciano ^a   Jemos, Vassili ^a   Dionigi, Paolo ^a   Spada, Marco ^a   Porta, Camillo ^b   Moroni, Mauro ^b   Nastasi, Giuseppe ^b   Fossati, Gian Silvio ^a   Zonta, Aris ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access port system; Hepatic artery infusion; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor seeding

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING;

EID: 6844257527     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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