Published August 1998
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Journal article
Radiologically placed hepatic artery catheter allows selection of patients with high-volume liver metastases for regional chemotherapy
Creators
- 1. University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia). Department of Surgery
- 2. St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW (Australia). Department of Radiology and Cancer Care Centre
Description
Regional chemotherapy has achieved high response rates in hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer and has been shown to improve survival significantly. The present paper reports the use of pre-operative regional therapy to establish marker response as a means of selection of patients for surgery. Fourteen patients underwent radiologically placed hepatic artery catheter (HAC) for chemotherapy. In the 11 patients with carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) fall the patient proceeded to open surgical placement of HAC. The predictive effect of CEA fall following radiological HAC was good. Non-responding patients are clearly spared the discomfort and inconvenience and costs of an unnecessary operation. Copyright (1998) Blackwell Science Pty Ltd
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Australasian Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 204-206
- ISSN
- 0004-8461
- CODEN
- AURDAW
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 30019891
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ARTERIES; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USES; LIVER; MEDICAL SUPPLIES; PATIENTS; STATISTICAL DATA; SURVIVAL CURVES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DATA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GLANDS; INFORMATION; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANS; PRIMATES; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; USES; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 7 refs., 1 tab., 1 fig.