objectives this study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transarterial ethanol ablation (tea) for the treatment of hcc with pvtt. methods patients were treated with tea for pvtt under cone-beam computed tomography and traditional transarterial chemoembolization (tace) with epirubicin for intrahepatic lesions. results seventeen men were successfully treated with tace plus tea. the...

Background. Transarterial chemoembolization alone or in association with radiofrequency ablation is an effective bridging strategy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting for a liver transplant. However, cost of this therapy may limit its utilization. This study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of a protocol involving transarterial embolization, percutaneous ethanol injection, ...

BACKGROUND Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ventricular tachycardia (VT) can fail because of inaccessibility to the VT substrate. Transarterial coronary ethanol ablation can be effective but entails arterial instrumentation risk. We hypothesized that retrograde coronary venous ethanol ablation can be an alternative bail-out approach to failed VT RFA. METHODS AND RESULTS Out of 334 consecutive...

patients and methods this was a retrospective study including 207 consecutive patients who were enrolled using computerized hepatocellular carcinoma database consisting of 105 patients who underwent combined tace with rfa, and 102 patients who underwent tace alone with long-term follow-up. results the complete remission rate was meaningfully higher in the combination group (97.1%, 102/105) than...

Mutation in several factors and pathways leads to the development of hepatic cancer i.e. Wnt-β-Catenin Signalling Pathway , activation Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Pathway, The P13/PTEN/AKT, TP53 Tumour Suppressor Gene. Liver cirrhosis fatty liver predispose normal tissues fibrosis leading cancer. Excessive alcohol intake results inflammation proceeding ultimately carcinoma. Hepatocellular ...

BACKGROUND The prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) is extremely poor. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transarterial ethanol ablation (TEA) for the treatment of HCC with PVTT. METHODS Patients were treated with TEA for PVTT under cone-beam computed tomography and traditional transarterial chemoembolizat...

In the past few years, great improvements have been made to achieve local tumour control of primary liver malignancies and liver metastases. For hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) and tumour ablation techniques, including percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), radiofrequency ablation (RF), and laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) have been developed...

Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is a major cause of mortality. Management approaches including surgical and locoregional strategies such as transarterial chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, ethanol injections, transarterial chemotherapy infusion, and systemic chemotherapy have proved to be disappointing. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) continues to give patients the best chance for c...

BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Hepatic resection and liver transplantation are considered to be the preferred treatment for HCC. However, as novel therapeutic options such as image-guided locoregional therapies have emerged and been refined, the manner in which HCC is treated has chang...