Background. Because transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) has been shown to be effective in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the question arises whether TAE has an equivalent or superior effect on resectable HCC compared with surgery. To clarify this point, the authors
Hepatic arterial chemotherapy and occlusion for palliation of primary hepatocellular and unknown primary neoplasms in the liver
โ Scribed by Yehuda Z. Patt; Vincent P. Chuang; Sidney Wallace; Robert S. Benjamin; Ruth Fuqua; Giora M. Mavligit
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 803 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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