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SUBMITTER: Terashima T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5021040 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Terashima Takeshi T Yamashita Tatsuya T Arai Kuniaki K Kawaguchi Kazunori K Kitamura Kazuya K Yamashita Taro T Sakai Yoshio Y Mizukoshi Eishiro E Honda Masao M Kaneko Shuichi S
Cancer science 20160901 9
There is no established treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with Child-Pugh class B cirrhosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) according to Child-Pugh score (CPS) and to evaluate the correlation of a patient's response to HAIC with hepatic reserve and outcome. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 377 patients treated with HAIC between March 2003 and February 2015. Subjects inclu ...[more]