Open AccessComputed tomography perfusion in evaluating the therapeutic effect of transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Guang Chen,
Ding Ma,
He Wang,
Baofeng Zhang,
Lei Zhao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.5738
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , perfusion , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , perfusion scanning , radiology , transcatheter arterial chemoembolization , nuclear medicine , lesion , blood flow , progressive disease , pathology , chemotherapy
To prospectively assess the changes in parameters of computed tomography (CT) perfusion pre- and post-transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in different treatment response groups, and to correlate the changes with various responses of HCC to TACE.