Background: In the fight against cancer, new drug delivery systems are attractive to improve
drug targeting of tumors, maximize drug potency, and minimize systemic toxicity. We studied …

Transcatheter intraarterial therapies have proved valuable in the battle against primary and
secondary hepatic malignancies. The unique aspects of all such therapies are their reduced …

PURPOSE: To assess treatment response of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after
transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with use of diffusion and dynamic contrast medium–…

The purpose of this article is to present in a concise manner an overview of the most widely
used locoregional transcatheter and ablative therapies for solid malignancies. An extensive …

Purpose: To prospectively assess serial changes in contrast material–enhanced and
diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging values within 1 month after …

Background Many patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) present with advanced
and inoperable disease. Data on the safety and efficacy of intra-arterial therapy (IAT) for …

PURPOSE: To test whether different-sized iron oxide–containing Embosphere (IOE)
particles can be detected by dedicated magnetic resonance (MR) imaging when injected …

Conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and chemoembolization with drug-eluting
beads are increasingly being performed interchangeably in many institutions …

Purpose To (a) evaluate the response of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to chemoembolization
after initial nonresponse, as determined with European Association for the Study of the …

Purpose: One of the key factors that promotes angiogenesis is vascular endothelial growth
factor (VEGF). Platelets are the main source of VEGF in blood and contribute to angiogenesis …