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1310435

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
In 207 cirrhotic patient carriers of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) was administered with ultrasound guidance. The patients were classified as Child's Class A, 136; B, 54; and C, 17. Their mean age was 63.5 years, and the male-female ratio was 3.5:1. There was a single HCC less than 5 cm in diameter in 162 patients; 45 had more than one HCC. The follow-up ranged from 5 to 71 months (mean, 25 months). No noteworthy complications occurred during or after 2485 treatments. The 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year survival percentages (by the Kaplan-Meier method) for the patients with one HCC were 90%, 80%, and 63%, respectively. The corresponding percentages by Child's class were 97%, 92%, and 76% for Class A; 88%, 68%, and 42% for B; and 40%, 0%, and 0% for C. The 1-year, 2-year and 3-year survival rates for patients with more than one HCC were 90%, 67%, and 31% respectively. These results were similar to those found by others and showed that PEI was a safe, reproducible, easy-to-do, and low-cost therapeutic technique. In terms of survival, these PEI results were better than the published results of no treatment and equivalent to those of surgery. In uncontrolled series, bias can play an important role. Therefore, additional trials would be useful.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
925-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis. A study on 207 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Servizio di Radiologia, Ospedale Civile, Milano, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study