Transarterial chemoembolization for pulmonary or mediastinal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) with HepaSphere for patients with pulmonary or mediastinal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: Between June 2009 and January 2018, 14 patients with pulmonary or mediastinal metastases from HCC were treated with TACE with a combination of 1-3 chemotherapeutic drugs followed by HepaSphere embolization. As first end point, local tumor response and adverse events were evaluated after the first session of TACE, with Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors v.

[Introduction of Hyperthermia Therapy with Low Dose Systemic Chemotherapy and Hepatic Transarterial Chemo-Embolization for a Case of Advanced Prostatic Cancer].

The case of a 78-year-old man with hormone-independent locally advanced prostatic cancer with liver metastases is reported. Standard systemic chemotherapy was not administered due to his poor general condition. At the initial consultation, rapidly growing liver metastases, multiple lymph node metastases, and extensive locally advanced prostatic lesions were found.

[Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Metastasis of Ovarian Malignant Melanoma Resulting in Long-Term Survival].

Melanoma is a potentially aggressive disease, and patients with metastatic melanoma have a poor prognosis, with a median survival of only 6-9 months. There is no effective standard treatment for liver metastasis of malignant melanoma. Primary ovarian malignant melanoma is extremely rare and is usually associated with teratoma.

[Trans-Arterial Chemoembolization Therapy for Giant Cholangiocellular Carcinoma - A Single Case Report].

Here, we report a case of cholangiocellular carcinoma that was successfully treated with chemotherapy using a selective intra-arterial infusion technique. A 65-year-old man presented to our hospital to obtain a second opinion regarding his disease. The patient was diagnosed with cholangiocellular carcinoma.

[Liver Metastasis in a Gastric Cancer Patient--A Case of Successful Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with Degradable Starch Microspheres Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization].

A 60-year-old male patient underwent curative surgical resection for gastric cancer. After the surgery, the patient was diagnosed with T4b, N3b, ly3, v2, CY0, fStageⅢc gastric cancer, and adjuvant systemic chemotherapy using S-1 and CDDP was administered. However, follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan examination taken 2 months after surgery revealed a pancreatic fistula and retroperitoneal abscess, and percutaneous drainage was performed.

Superselective coaxial microballoon-occluded coil embolization for vascular disorders: a preliminary report.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of superselective coil embolization with coaxial microballoon occlusion (B-coiling) for vascular disorders.

Materials And Methods: Clinical data were retrospectively evaluated for 16 consecutive patients (6 men, 10 women; mean age, 70 y; age range, 57-80 y) with vascular disorders who underwent B-coiling with 0.010-0.