Open AccessBranched-chain amino acid treatment before transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Hiroki Nishikawa,
Yukio Osaki,
Tadashi Inuzuka,
Haruhiko Takeda,
Jun Nakajima,
Fumihiko Matsuda,
Shinichiro Henmi,
Azusa Sakamoto,
Tetsuro Ishikawa,
Sumio Saito,
Ryuichi Kita,
Tōru Kimura
Publication year - 2012
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.v18.i12.1379
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , transcatheter arterial chemoembolization , medicine , gastroenterology , albumin
To examine the significance of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) treatment before transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).