Chapter 088. Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Part 8)

Table 88-5 Some Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Transhepatic Artery Chemoembolization (TACE) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Yea Agents 1 Agents 2 Surviva l Effect Kawaii 1992 Doxorubici n + embo Embo No Chang 1994 embo Cisplatin + Embo No Hatanaka 1995 Cisplatin, doxorubicin embo Same + ethiodol + No Uchino 1993 Cisplatin, Same + No doxorubicin + oral tamoxifen FU Lin 1988 Embo IV FU Embo + No Yoshikaw a 1994 + Epirubicin ethiodol n Epirubici No (Lipiodol) Pelletier 1990 Doxorubici n + Gelfoam None No Trinchet 1995 Cisplatin + Gelfoam None No Bruix 1998 Coils Gelfoam and None No Pelletier 1998 Cisplatin + ethiodol None No Trinchet 1995 Cisplatin + Gelfoam None No Pelletier 1998 Cisplatin + ethiodol None No Lo 2002 Cisplatin + ethiodol None Yes Llovet 2002 Doxorubici n + ethiodol None Yes Note: embo, embolization; FU, fluorouracil. Experimental...