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Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5060-5063
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5060
Table 1 Clinical data of 1126 patients
GroupCases(n)Size of tumor (cm)
Clinical staging
Liver function level
< 55-10> 10IIIIIIABC
Preop. TACE258201459310415401551030
Postop.TACE1549766916138083710
TACE + RFA1263576648572192340
TACE469312391991562516225219720
TAI119114761284744147332
Total11267456448835264712759647852
Table 2 Clinical data of 1126 patients
GroupCases(n)Karnofsky scores
HBsA
AVF
Embolus in PV
0-8080-100(+)HVPVRightLeft
Preop. TACE258172862219196773
Postop.TACE15498561244102116
TACE + RFA126834310712273226
TACE4692911784127612510692
TAI119784110122343228
Total1126722404965123215258235
Table 3 Accumulated survival rate for 874 HCC patients after various kinds of interventional therapy
GroupCases(n)1 yr
3 yr
5 yr
Cases(n)Survivalrate (%)Cases(n)Survivalrate (%)Cases(n)Survivalrate (%)
Preop. TACE198148/19874.782/19841.458/15736.9
Postop.TACE11490/11478.946/11440.433/8837.5
TACE + RFA10679/10674.539/10636.8--
TACE387268/38769.384/38721.726/3098.4
TAI698/6911.60/6900/690
Total874593/87467.8251/87428.7117/62318.8
Table 4 Therapeutic effect of TACE+RAF, TACE and TAI in 562 patients
GroupCases (n)PRNCPDEffective rate (%)
TACE + RFA1067326793.4
TACE387276466583.2
TAI698115027.5
Total5623578312281.5
Table 5 Changes of indexes before and after interventional therapy n (%)
GroupIndex
Degrade ofChild liverfunctionBlackout ofblood flowinside tumorBlackout ofblood flowaround tumorRecoveryofAFP
TACE + RFA33/106 (31.1)59/106 (55.7)54/106 (50.9)49/106 (46.2)
TACE119/387 (30.7)212/387 (54.8)189/387 (48.8)174/387 (45.0)
TAI23/69 (33.3)0/69 (0)0/69 (0)0/69 (0)
Total175/562 (31.1)271/562 (48.2)243/562 (43.2)223/562 (39.7)