2021
Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Repeated Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Cancer on Portal Venous Pressure
Frangakis C, Sohn JH, Bas A, Chapiro J, Schernthaner RE, Lin M, Hamilton JP, Pawlik TM, Hong K, Duran R. Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Repeated Transarterial Chemoembolization for Liver Cancer on Portal Venous Pressure. Frontiers In Oncology 2021, 11: 639235. PMID: 34804911, PMCID: PMC8602787, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.639235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPortal venous pressureChild-PughTransarterial chemoembolizationPlatelet countTumor burdenVenous pressureSpleen volumeHCC patientsEastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scorePortal hypertension-related complicationsNon-invasive surrogate markerBaseline spleen volumeBaseline tumor burdenRepeated Transarterial ChemoembolizationHigh tumor burdenHypertension-related complicationsLiver Disease scoreOutcomes of interestInstitutional review boardPost TACEPortal hypertensionMetastatic patientsPerformance statusBlood work
2019
Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for 90Y Distribution on Bremsstrahlung SPECT After Resin-Based Radioembolization
Schobert I, Chapiro J, Nezami N, Hamm CA, Gebauer B, Lin M, Pollak J, Saperstein L, Schlachter T, Savic LJ. Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers for 90Y Distribution on Bremsstrahlung SPECT After Resin-Based Radioembolization. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2019, 60: 1066-1072. PMID: 30655331, PMCID: PMC6681698, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.219691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngiographyBiomarkersCarcinoma, HepatocellularEmbolization, TherapeuticFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalLiverLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMicrospheresMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingPrognosisRegression AnalysisRetrospective StudiesTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeYttrium RadioisotopesConceptsNon-HCC patientsTransarterial radioembolizationHepatocellular carcinomaBaseline imagingTumor responseTumor volumeChild-Pugh class B patientsBaseline imaging featuresClass B patientsNormal liver ratiosTotal tumor volumeSPECT/CTContrast-enhanced MRIQuantitative European AssociationMultiphasic contrast-enhanced MRIInstitutional review boardHigh TNRPreprocedural MRIChild-PughB patientsLiver criteriaTumor burdenClinical parametersHepatic malignanciesRetrospective study