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Beppu, T. et al.

Clinical Utility of Transarterial Infusion Chemotherapy Using Cisplatin-lipiodol Emulsion for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the clinical efficacy of transarterial infusion chemotherapy using a cisplatin-lipiodol emulsion for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-seven patients with advanced HCC, with no indications for surgical resection or local ablative therapy, such as percutaneous ethanol injection and radiofrequency ablation, were enrolled in this retrospective study. RESULTS: Twelve patients were treated with cisplatin-alone at a dose of 65 mg/m(2) by infusion into the artery. Forty-two patients were treated with the same dose of cisplatin suspended in 1-10 ml of lipiodol (C/LPD). Cumulative survival rates in the cisplatin-treated group were 46.2% at one year, and 18.5% at two years, whereas these in the C/LPD group were 81.6% and 44.4%, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (p<0.01). In the cisplatin-treated group (n=13), no (0%) patients had a complete response (CR), two (15%) a partial response (PR), three (23%) no change (NC), and eight (62%) progressive disease (PD). In the C/LPD group (n=44), four (9%) patients had CR, 16 (35%) PR, 12 (26%) NC, and 12 (26%) PD. CR and PR were seen in 15% of the cisplatin-treated group and in 44% of the C/LPD group. C/LPD was significantly more effective than cisplatin-alone (p=0.039). Some patients showed tumor response to C/LPD after intra-arterial infusion of low-dose 5-fluorouracil. CONCLUSION: C/LPD produced superior effects compared to cisplatin-alone for unresectable HCC, causing no major side-effects, and increasing the survival rate.[1]

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Clinical Utility of Transarterial Infusion Chemotherapy Using Cisplatin-lipiodol Emulsion for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Beppu, T., Sugimoto, K., Shiraki, K., Tameda, M., Inagaki, Y., Ogura, S., Kasai, C., Kusagawa, S., Nojiri, K., Yoneda, M., Fuke, H., Yamamoto, N., Takei, Y., Fujimori, M., Hasegawa, T., Yamanaka, T., Uraki, J., Kashima, M., Takaki, H., Nakatsuka, A., Yamakado, K., Takeda, K. Anticancer Res. (2012) [Pubmed]

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