Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4238696 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Five patients with uveal melanoma metastatic to the liver (two to five lesions per patient) were prospectively enrolled and treated with transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads preloaded with irinotecan as a first-line therapy. An overall response rate of 80% was obtained per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors. All patients were alive after mean follow-up durations of 10.6 months and 16.3 months, respectively, after the first treatment and the diagnosis of liver metastasis. The apparent diffusion coefficient values obtained by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging were significantly lower in lesions that showed a response. These findings are very promising and can constitute the background for further studies involving larger cohorts of patients.
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Massimo MD, Lorenzo MD, Giulia MD, Stefano MD, Claudio MD, Marcello MD, Francesca MD, Luca MD, Francesco MD, Alessandro MD,