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 class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">19 Patients</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">All 19 patients underwent dynamic CT or MRI 1–3 months after RAIB-TACE</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3 were not followed up thereafter due to being elderly (<i>n</i> = 1), Parkinson’s disease (<i>n</i> = 1), and Alzheimer’s disease (<i>n</i> = 1). These 3 were associated with true rupture (<i>n</i> = 1) or impending one (<i>n</i> = 2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2 were lost from follow up due to cerebral bleeding (<i>n</i> = 1) or refusal (<i>n</i> = 1).</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">↓</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">8 patients died due to deterioration of intrahepatic metastases and/or portal venous tumor thrombosis.</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>All 19 patients underwent follow-up CT/MRI for evaluation of tumor response.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: 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 2 | 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 