Spontaneous remission of hepatocellular carcinoma without any treatment

Spontaneous remission of hepatocellular carcinoma after massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Preclinical studies of 166Ho-chitosan for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Introduction: Recently, due to the special characteristics of 166Ho and chitosan, 166Ho-chitosan complex was developed for treatment of tumors such as hepatocellular carcinoma. This complex has been lately prepared with high radiochemical purity in our lab. The preclinical studies of the complex however should be performed to evaluate the tracer concentration in target and...

Spontaneous Regression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumor frequently occurring in Koreans. It is well known that the prognosis of HCC is extremely poor. Most patients die within 3-6 months after diagnosis from gastrointest-inal hemorrhage, progress ive cachexia or liver failure 1). S pontaneous regression of HCC is a rare phenomenon and has, to our knowledge, been described in very few patients 2-8)....

Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Forty-two cases of ruptured hepatoma with intra-abdominal haemorrhage were seen over a period of eight years in the professorial surgical unit at the Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. In all, 207 cases of liver cancer were seen during this period, giving an incidence of rupture of 14.5%. There were 37 men and five women. The clinical features were the sudden onset of pain with shock and the prese...

Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Spontaneous regression of cancer is a rare phenomenon seldom described in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. A case of spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma is reported and compared with the reports published in the English literature. A 52-yr-old man presented with biopsy-proven hepatocellular carcinoma, which was considered to be unresectable at initial laparotomy. The tumor...