A case report of the local treatment against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in consideration of the prospective living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)
Ishiko, T.; Beppu, T.; Doi, H.; Sugiyama, S.; Inomata, Y.; Egami, H.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 31(11): 1900-1902
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 15553753 Document Number: 570139
Various local cancer treatments became possible in the cure of hepatocellular carcinoma. Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEIT), a local ablation therapy such as microwave and radiofrequency were added to the transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and hepatectomy. However, it is also a well-known fact to repeat hepatic carcinogenesis by the conditions of a background liver whereas to originate in the viral hepatitis. In this point of view, liver transplantation is one of the ultimate treatments to get rid of the carcinogenic factor. A 54-year-old man patient diagnosed as HCC strongly hoped for the prospective liver transplantation surgery from the beginning. Therefore, we had to treat a liver cancer in consideration of the prospective liver transplantation. A local ablation therapy and TACE treatment were carried out with being careful not to have an influence to the transplantation surgery. Because recurrence was repeated, a patient chose a transplantation medical treatment after one year and nine months. We reported the process of local treatments against HCC in consideration of the prospective liver transplantations.