Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization prolonged survival in a patient with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by tumor thrombus of the portal vein trunk

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2690-2692

  Kagawa, Shingo ^a   Yoshidome, Hiroyukl ^a   Kimura, Fumio ^a   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^a   Ohtsuka, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Atsushi ^a   Yoshitomi, Hideyuki ^a   Furukawa, Katsunori ^a   Takeuchi, Dan ^a   Takayashiki, Tsukasa ^a   Suda, Kosuke ^a   Takano, Shigetsugu ^a   Kuboki, Satoshi ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Portal vein tumor thrombus; Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84866595513     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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