Effects of sorafenib combined with chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation for large, unresectable hepatocellular carcinomas

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4270-4276

  Liang, Heng Yi ^a   Lu, Li Gong ^a   Hu, Bao Shan ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Shao, Pei Jian ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis inhibitors; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Sorafenib; Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; OXALIPLATIN; PHARMORUBINCIN; SORAFENIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BILOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TUMOR GROWTH; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACINAMIDE; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887574050     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20120478     Document Type: Article

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