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Biliary phenotype of hepatocellular carcinoma after preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Dec 2008
Nishihara Yunosuke, Aishima Shinichi, Kuroda Yousuke, Iguchi Tomohiro, Taguchi Kenichi, Asayama Yoshiki, Taketomi Akinobu, Kinukawa Naoko, Honda Hiroshi, Tsuneyoshi Masazumi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is now the mainstay of treatment for non-curative hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and hoped to have chemotherapeutic and ischemic effects; however, the histopathological changes of HCC caused by TACE have not been sufficiently discussed so far. We aimed to assess the morphological and immunohistochemical features of HCC treated with TACE by...
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