Addition of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization decreased local recurrence but had no survival benefit to percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter randomized control study

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-859

  Mizuki, Akira ^a   Tatemichi, Masayuki ^a,b   Tsukada, Nobuhiro ^a   Nagamatsu, Ryousuke ^d   Kawaguchi, Mitsuhiko ^e   Itoshima, Tatsuya ^e   Maruyama, Shigeki ^f   Satou, Atsuhiko ^g   Imari, Yasuhisa ^h   Kawatoko, Toshiharu ⁱ   Shimono, Junya ⁱ   Nagata, Hiroshi ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Saiseikai Gotsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^g Kagawa Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^h Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

ⁱ Fukuoka Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination therapy; Embolization; Ethanol injection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multicenter randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77957591900     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000151     Document Type: Article

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