2016
Advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis: conventional versus drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
Gorodetski B, Chapiro J, Schernthaner R, Duran R, Lin M, Lee H, Lenis D, Stuart EA, Nonyane BA, Pekurovsky V, Tamrazi A, Gebauer B, Schlachter T, Pawlik TM, Geschwind JF. Advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein thrombosis: conventional versus drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. European Radiology 2016, 27: 526-535. PMID: 27277261, PMCID: PMC5470590, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-016-4445-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian overall survivalPortal venous thrombosisAdvanced-stage hepatocellular carcinomaConventional TACEDEB-TACEHepatocellular carcinomaOverall survivalAdverse eventsBeads TACEDrug-eluting bead transcatheter arterial chemoembolizationConventional trans-arterial chemoembolizationPropensity scoreDrug-eluting beads TACECommon adverse eventsConclusionOur retrospective studyEqual safety profileChild-Pugh classMethodsThis retrospective analysisPortal vein thrombosisPost-embolization syndromeTranscatheter arterial chemoembolizationStage hepatocellular carcinomaTrans-arterial chemoembolizationSub-group analysisArterial chemoembolization3D Quantitative tumour burden analysis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before TACE: comparing single-lesion vs. multi-lesion imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival
Fleckenstein FN, Schernthaner RE, Duran R, Sohn JH, Sahu S, Zhao Y, Hamm B, Gebauer B, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Chapiro J. 3D Quantitative tumour burden analysis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before TACE: comparing single-lesion vs. multi-lesion imaging biomarkers as predictors of patient survival. European Radiology 2016, 26: 3243-3252. PMID: 26762942, PMCID: PMC4942412, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4168-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard ratioOverall survivalTransarterial chemoembolizationBaseline MRIHepatocellular carcinomaTumor burdenDominant lesionTumor assessmentTumor volumeMultivariate cox proportional hazard ratiosCox proportional hazard ratiosCurrent radiological methodMethodsThis retrospective analysisProportional hazard ratiosBCLC staging systemKaplan-Meier plotsTumor diameterPatient survivalStaging systemHCC patientsMultiple lesionsLiver volumeRetrospective analysisLesion assessmentPatients
2011
A comparison of the results of arterial embolization for bleeding and non-bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers
Loffroy R, Lin M, Thompson C, Harsha A, Rao P. A comparison of the results of arterial embolization for bleeding and non-bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers. Acta Radiologica 2011, 52: 1076-1082. PMID: 22006986, DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft gastric arteryLeft gastroepiploic arteryArterial embolizationGastroduodenal ulcersGastroduodenal arteryClinical successActive contrast extravasationPatients embolizationGastroepiploic arteryAcute bleedingContrast extravasationEndoscopic findingsGastric arteryPatient demographicsAcute hemorrhageTranscatheter embolizationEmbolizationPatientsMortality rateUlcersArteryBleedingComplicationsGroupHemorrhage