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Transcatheter arterial embolization in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

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Seven hundred thirty-nine patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma have been treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization using gelatin sponge particles soaked in a solution of Mitomycin C and Adriamycin. This therapy can be equal, or superior to surgical resection and serves both as embolic therapy and targeted chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Wakayama Medical College, 27-banchi, 7-bancho, 640, Wakayama City, Japan

    Ryusaku Yamada M.D. (Prof.), Kazushi Kishi, Tetsuo Sonomura, Mashahiro Tsuda, Shozo Nomura & Morio Satoh

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Yamada, R., Kishi, K., Sonomura, T. et al. Transcatheter arterial embolization in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 13, 135–139 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02575464

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