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Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer
Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer
MA Otto
20120004
2012 Jan 4
Elsevier Global Medical News
Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2012 Jan 4, MA Otto
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Both sorafenib and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization/radiofrequency ablation can extend the lives of patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a retrospective review of 155 patients. The radiologic-based therapy gave patients a median of 3 additional months of life; sorafenib (Nexavar) gave them a median of 4.5 months. The difference between treatments was not statistically significant. Little research has been done on infiltrative hepatocellular...