OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to assess whether a review of multiphasic helical CT combined with the previous serial CT images could be helpful to depict a viable tumor in hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four consecutive patients with 35 hepatocellular carcinomas underwent transarterial chemoembolization followed by ...

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) can prevent tumor progression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting liver transplantation. This article introduces the effect of TACE before liver transplantation in terms of dropout rate, improvement in overall survival, prediction of survival, and its application as down-stage

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma has a dismal prognosis, and therapy mainly consists of palliative systemic chemotherapy. A selected subgroup of patients with limited metastatic disease may eventually derive benefit from more aggressive strategies, including resection of isolated metastasis. We report here the successful use of hepatic transarterial chemoembolization and retroperitoneal lymph node rad...

A rare complication of the compilation of high intrahepatic biliary pressure and the formation of a subdiaphragmatic abscess is that of pleurobiliary fistula. We present a case of 67-year-old male who presented with pleurobiliary fistula following transarterial chemoembolization in a patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as the course of the diagnostic procedures and the therap...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prognostic factors for local recurrence of nodular hepatocellular carcinoma after segmental transarterial chemoembolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-four nodular hepatocellular carcinoma tumors < or = 5 cm were retrospectively analyzed for local recurrence after segmental transarterial chemoembolization using follow-up CT images (median follow-up of 17 months,...

PURPOSE In hepatocellular carcinoma patients with large or multinodal tumors, where curative treatment options are not feasible, transarterial therapies play a major role. Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with drug-eluting beads (DEB-TACE) is a promising new approach due to higher intratumoral and lower systemic concentration of the chemotherapeutic agent compared to conventional TACE (cT...

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a rare disease with rising incidence. While surgical resection the only curative option, process often identified in advanced stages, as this malignancy remains clinically silent early development. Only one-third of patients are eligible for at time diagnosis. For who cannot undergo resection, intra-arterial therapies reasonable palliative treatment opti...