Clinical Study
Balloon-Occluded Trans-Arterial Chemo-Embolization Technique with Repeated Alternate Infusion of Cisplatin Solution and Sparse Gelatin Slurry (RAIB-TACE) for Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma Nodules More than 7 cm in Diameter
Table 1
Characteristics of patients and the large nodules.
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1AFP: alpha-fetoprotein. 2PIVKA-II: protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonists-II. 3The cause of stage D was performance status 4 due to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The Child-Pugh stage of both cases was B. The mean diameter of the large nodules was 99 mm. |