Transarterial chemoembolization in pancreatic adenocarcinoma with liver metastases: MR-based tumor response evaluation, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) patterns, and survival rates

The triple drug TACE technique showed improvements in median survival times in patients with hepatic metastases from pancreatic carcinoma and helped control disease progression, whereas the number of hepatic lesions was not a statistically significant factor in patients' response to TACE. The data suggest that pre-treatment ADC values in DW-MRI have no statistical correlation with tumor response.