Treatment of Liver Tumors with Transarterial Chemoembolization

Transarterial Treatment of Liver Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

N euroendocrine tumors (NETs) arise from neural and endocrine organs throughout the body, most commonly the gastrointestinal system and pancreas. The World Health Organization classifies welldifferentiated gastroenteropancreatic NETs into low grade and intermediate grade, and most poorly differentiated tumors are considered high grade, based on mitotic count/ Ki-67 proliferative index.1 Indolen...

Giant Liver Abscess Following Transarterial Chemoembolization

Liver Abscess Formation Following Transarterial Chemoembolization

To investigate the clinical features, risk factors, and bacterial spectrum of liver abscess following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and evaluate the therapeutic effect of percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) on the abscesses.A retrospective review of patient charts was performed in 3613 patients who suffered from liver malignancies (2832 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and 781 w...

Transarterial chemoembolization with irinotecan beads in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases: systematic review.

PURPOSE For patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM), transarterial embolization with the use of drug-eluting beads with irinotecan (DEBIRI) represents a novel alternative to systemic chemotherapy or local treatments alone. The present systematic review evaluates available data on the efficacy and safety of DEBIRI embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS A comprehensive search...

Transarterial chemoembolization of liver metastasis from renal cell carcinoma

A 73-year-old woman with chief complaint of macroscopic hematuria was diagnosed as having left renal tumor with pancreatic invasion. Nephrectomy was performed. Pathological diagnosis was clear cell carcinoma, pT3a. Three months after the operation, liver metastasis appeared and sunitinib was started. Most of the liver metastases disappeared; however, a new lesion appeared, and sunitinib was swi...