Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a form of intra-arterial catheter-based
chemotherapy that selectively delivers high doses of cytotoxic drug to the tumor bed …

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare malignancies involving the intestinal tract. They are
now easily recognized using standard immunohistochemistry. Management in the past was …

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the
gastrointestinal tract. Until recently, surgery has been the only effective therapy for GIST …

Kit is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) that binds stem cell factor. This receptor ligand
combination is important for normal hematopoiesis, as well as pigmentation, gut function …

An in-depth literature search is performed using electronic medical literature databases.
Then a critical review of peer-reviewed articles is performed with regard to the study …

The draft document is critically reviewed by the Standards of Practice Committee members
by telephone conference calling or face-to-face meeting. The finalized draft from the …

BACKGROUND: Unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma has a poor prognosis, with
a median survival of 5 to 8 months without treatment. Response and survival after …

PRIMARY and secondary malignancies in the liver present one of the most challenging
problems in clinical oncology. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common …

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

PURPOSE: To assess the toxicity and efficacy of chemoembolization and bland
embolization in patients with neuroendocrine tumor metastases to the liver. MATERIALS …