Portal vein embolization can prevent intrahepatic metastases to non-embolized liver

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 114, 2012, Pages 538-541

  Okabe, Kazutoshi ^a,b   Beppu, Toru ^b   Masuda, Toshiro ^b   Hayashi, Hiromitsu ^b   Okabe, Hirohisa ^b   Komori, Hiroyuki ^b   Horino, Kei ^b   Sugiyama, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Ishiko, Takatoshi ^b   Takamori, Hiroshi ^b   Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Baba, Hideo ^b  

^a NTT West Kyusyu Hospital   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrahepatic metastases; Non embolized liver; Portal vein embolization; Unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860578708     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge09764     Document Type: Article

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