HEPATIC ARTERY EMBOLIZATION,PORTAL VEIN PERFUSION CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY FOR PRIMARY LIVER CANCER / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Eighty-two patients with unresectable primary hepatic carcinoma were divided randomly into 4 groups. Twenty patients (group A) were treated with hepatic artery ligation and embolization. Twenty-three patients (group B) were treated with whole liver moving strip irradiation. Eighteen (group C) were treated with hepatic artery ligation and embolization and portal vein perfusion chemotherapy. Twenty-one (group D) were treated with the therapy as the group C and the whole liver moving strip irradiation. All were followed-up to 12～37 months. The 1-year survival rates of these four groups were 25.0%(5/20), 13.0%(3/23), 33.3%(6/18) and 61.9%(13/21), respectively. The authors believe that combined treatment of group D is recommended for advanced and unresectable primary hepatic carcinoma.