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Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-38812

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BACKGROUND: Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is known to induce vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. A recent study has shown that doxorubicin can repress hypoxic induction of VEGF expression in human cancer cells. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the combination effects of doxorubicin and TACE on the change of serum VEGF after TACE. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Thirty patients with unresectable HCC were assigned into two groups, the experiment group (n = 15) received TACE with doxorubicin (25-50 mg) plus mitomycin C (5-10 mg), and the control group (n = 15) received TACE with mitomycin C (5-10 mg). Serum VEGF before and after TACE (24 hour) was measured by quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Baseline serum VEGF was correlated with the size of tumor (r2 = 0.85; p = 0.03). In addition, serum VEGF was significantly elevated after TACE (p = 0.014). However; the change of serum VEGF after TACE is not statistically different in both groups (p = 0.72). At 2-years, the overall survival was 38% and 40% in the experiment and control group, respectively (p = 0.48). CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that doxorubicin improves neither the level of serum VEGF nor the survival in HCC patients treated with TACE.


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Adulto , Anciano , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Quimioembolización Terapéutica , Doxorrubicina/administración & dosificación , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mitomicina/uso terapéutico , Sobrevida , Factores de Tiempo , Factor A de Crecimiento Endotelial Vascular/sangre , Adulto Joven
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