Study of interventional therapy for complications in advanced primary hepatocellular carcinoma / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the interventional therapy for the complication in the treatment of advanced primary hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods 62 cases of primary hepatocellular carcinoma confirmed by pathology,imagings and AFP,were randomly divided into 2 groups according to odd or even hospitalization number.32 patients were enrolled in the TACE group(control group)and 30 patients were enrolled in the combination therapy group(TACE + other kinds of therapy).Patients in the combination therapy group underwent the TACE procedure adding with another kind of therapy for treating the complication such as arterial,venous,portal vein cancer embolism,or the inferior vena cava tumor embolisms and may further include ablation of residual cancer,jaundice,hepatic abscess or biloma.Results 1,2,3-years survival rates and median survival rates of the control group and combination therapy group were 68%,50%,19% and 87%,75%,48%;1.5 years and 2 years,respectively.Survival rate and duration in the combination therapy group was significantly greater than those of control group(P