- A Case of Hepatocelluar Carcinoma with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus arterial
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Jong Kyu Park, Young Seok Kim, Sang Gyune Kim, Seung Won Jeong, Jae Young Jang, Hyun Jong Choi, Jong Ho Moon, Hong Soo Kim, Moon Sung Lee, Chan Sup Shim, Boo Sung Kim
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Journal of the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group. 2009;9(1):49-52. Published online June 30, 2009
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- Recent progress in imaging techniques has permitted the diagnosis of hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC) at an early stage.
However, portal vein invasion is still found in 12.5~39.7%. HCC with tumor thrombosis of the portal vein has a poor
prognosis. Previous studies showed that the median survival time of patients with HCC with involving portal vein was 2.7~4
months if effective treatment was not administered. Thus, for such HCC with portal vain invasion, an effective therapy that
will maintain quality of life is required. We report a case of HCC with portal vein tumor thrombus treated by intra-arterial
chemotherapy.
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