摘要
Background and Aims:Intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be treated by transarterial chemoem-bolization (TACE).However,there appear to be side effects,such as induction of proangiogenic factors,e.g.vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),which have been shown to be associated with a poor prognosis.This prospective study was designed to compare serum VEGF level response after TACE with different embolic agents in patients with HCC.Methods:Patients were assigned to one of three different TACE regimens:degradable starch microspheres (DSM) TACE,drugeluting bead (DEBDOX) TACE or Lipiodol TACE (cTACE).All patients received 50 mg doxorubicin/m2 body surface area (BSA) during TACE.Serum VEGF levels were assessed before TACE treatment,24 h post-treatment and 4 weeks later.Results:Twenty-two patients with 30 TACE treatments were enrolled.Compared to baseline VEGF levels,a marked increase was observed for 24 h post-TACE (164% of baseline level) and during the 4-week follow-up (170% of baseline level) only for the cTACE arm (p < 0.05).In contrast,the increase of serum VEGF levels were only 114% and 123% for DEBDOX and 121% and 124% for DSM,respectively.Conclusions:Conventional TACE using Lipiodol shows marked increase in blood levels of the proangiogenic factor VEGF,while DEBDOX and DSM TACE induce only a moderate VEGF response.
Background and Aims:Intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be treated by transarterial chemoem-bolization (TACE).However,there appear to be side effects,such as induction of proangiogenic factors,e.g.vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),which have been shown to be associated with a poor prognosis.This prospective study was designed to compare serum VEGF level response after TACE with different embolic agents in patients with HCC.Methods:Patients were assigned to one of three different TACE regimens:degradable starch microspheres (DSM) TACE,drugeluting bead (DEBDOX) TACE or Lipiodol TACE (cTACE).All patients received 50 mg doxorubicin/m2 body surface area (BSA) during TACE.Serum VEGF levels were assessed before TACE treatment,24 h post-treatment and 4 weeks later.Results:Twenty-two patients with 30 TACE treatments were enrolled.Compared to baseline VEGF levels,a marked increase was observed for 24 h post-TACE (164% of baseline level) and during the 4-week follow-up (170% of baseline level) only for the cTACE arm (p < 0.05).In contrast,the increase of serum VEGF levels were only 114% and 123% for DEBDOX and 121% and 124% for DSM,respectively.Conclusions:Conventional TACE using Lipiodol shows marked increase in blood levels of the proangiogenic factor VEGF,while DEBDOX and DSM TACE induce only a moderate VEGF response.
