2016
Interventional Radiology
Schlachter T, Chapiro J, Duran R, Tacher V, Zamboni C, Higgins L, Geschwind J. Interventional Radiology. 2016, 842-859. DOI: 10.1002/9781118512104.ch91.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntInterventional radiologyBiliary drain placementPercutaneous ablative techniquesPortal pressure gradientSecondary liver cancerCholecystostomy tube placementPercutaneous transhepatic cholangiographyIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntAppropriate patient populationBiliary stent placementInterventional radiology proceduresGastrointestinal decompressionBiliary tractNutritional supportTranshepatic cholangiographyIntraarterial therapyLess painOpen surgeryPortosystemic shuntTube placementPatient populationDrain placementStent placementAblative techniques
2014
Transarterial chemoembolization in soft-tissue sarcoma metastases to the liver – The use of imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival
Chapiro J, Duran R, Lin M, Mungo B, Schlachter T, Schernthaner R, Gorodetski B, Wang Z, Geschwind JF. Transarterial chemoembolization in soft-tissue sarcoma metastases to the liver – The use of imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival. European Journal Of Radiology 2014, 84: 424-430. PMID: 25542065, PMCID: PMC4315698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.11.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic soft tissue sarcomaProgression-free survivalConventional transarterial chemoembolizationSoft tissue sarcomasOverall survivalTumor responseTransarterial chemoembolizationPatient survivalSafety profileCox proportional hazard ratio analysisProportional hazard ratio analysisSoft tissue sarcoma metastasisMedian overall survivalSalvage therapy optionsHazard ratio analysisReliable clinical dataSize-based criteriaEASL guidelinesModified RECISTIntraarterial therapySarcoma metastasisSurvival outcomesGrade IIIKaplan-MeierTherapy options