Transarterial therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1057-1073

  Sangro, Bruno ^a,b   D'Avola, Delia ^a,b   Iñarrairaegui, Mercedes ^a,b   Prieto, Jesus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemoembolization; drug eluting beads; hepatocellular carcinoma; locoregional therapy; radioembolization; selective internal radiation; sorafenib; transarterial therapy

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA1 INTERFERON; ALPHA1B INTERFERON; BILIRUBIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; GELFOAM; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL I 131; MICROSPHERE Y 90; MITOMYCIN C; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SODIUM; SOMATOMEDIN B; SORAFENIB; TAMOXIFEN; THYMALFASINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; YTTRIUM 90;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTEMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RADIOEMBOLIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 79953886731     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2011.545346     Document Type: Review

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