Professor Lencioni ILCA 2011.pdf - Biocompatibles

Conventional TACE: liver toxicity is a majorlimitation of Lipiodol-based regimens“In a group of patients with unresectable HCC but without severe liver disease,Lipiodol chemoembolization often caused acute liver failure and did notsignificantly improve survival”GETCH. N Engl J Med 1995;332:1256-61