Combined Treatment of Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization and Percutaneous Ethanol Injection with a Multipronged Needle: Experimental and Clinical Investigation

Rinako Kawamura,Toshihito Seki,Hideto Umehara,Kozo Ikeda,Ryosuke Inokuchi,Toshiki Asayama,Takashi Yamaguchi,Yu Takahashi,Masayuki Sakao,Riccardo Lencioni,Kazuichi Okazaki

Combined Treatment of Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization and Percutaneous Ethanol Injection with a Multipronged Needle: Experimental and Clinical Investigation

2012

Rinako Kawamura
Toshihito Seki
Hideto Umehara
Kozo Ikeda
Ryosuke Inokuchi
Toshiki Asayama
Takashi Yamaguchi
Yu Takahashi
Masayuki Sakao
Riccardo Lencioni
Kazuichi Okazaki

Purpose This study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) with a multipronged needle for the treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). An experimental animal study and a clinical investigation were performed.

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Radiology
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Percutaneous ethanol injection
Medicine
combined therapy
clinical investigation
combined treatment
Clinical trial
experimental animal

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