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BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Volume 79, Issue 942, Pages 473-478Publisher
BRITISH INST RADIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/29855825
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Portal vein embolisation (PVE) is an effective method of increasing future liver remnant (FLR) but may stimulate tumour growth. The effect of periprocedure chemotherapy has not been established. 15 consecutive patients underwent PVE prior to hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases with a FLR <30% of tumour-free liver (TFL). Liver and tumour volumes pre-PVE and 6 weeks post-PVE were calculated by CT or MRI volumetry and correlated with the periprocedure chemotherapy regimen. 1 PVE increased the FLR from 18 +/- 5% of TFL to 27 +/- 8% post-PVE (p < 0.01). Post-PVE chemotherapy did not prevent hypertrophy of the FLR but the volume increase with chemotherapy (median 89 ml, range 7-149 ml) was significantly reduced (median 135 ml, range 110-254 ml without chemotherapy) (p = 0.016). Tumour volume (TV) decreased in those receiving post-PVE chemotherapy (median TV decrease 8 ml, range -77 ml to +450 ml) and increased without chemotherapy (median TV increase 39 ml, range -58 ml to +239 ml). Of the 15 patients, eight underwent resection; four were not resected due to disease progression and three due to insufficient hypertrophy of the FLR. PVE increased the FLR by an average of 9% allowing resection in 50% of patients. Periprocedure chemotherapy did not prevent but did reduce hypertrophy. A trend towards tumour regression was observed.
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