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AUTHOR
A. Musat
Clinical and economic impact of drug eluting beads in transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma
Summary What is known and objective Drug eluting beads (DEBs) theoretically improve the efficacy and safety of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nonetheless, their economic profile has not been assessed. Our retrospective before/after study aimed to compare efficacy, safety and economic profile of two strategies of TACE without (Period 1) or with the possibility of using DEBs (Period 2). Methods All HCC patients treated by TACE in our hospital between March 2006 and May 2013 were included. Economic analyses were performed from the French Public Health Insurance point of view according to the French Diagnosis-Related Group prospective payment system an…
Résultat et coût de la chimioembolisation hépatique avec des billes chargées chez 21 patients
Resume Objectif L’objectif de notre travail est d’evaluer le resultat et le cout global d’une strategie de traitement des patients atteints d’un carcinome hepatocellulaire (CHC) non resecable non metastatique par chimioembolisation (CHE) avec billes chargees. Patients et methodes L’ensemble des patients traites par CHE avec billes chargees pour un CHC entre janvier 2009 et decembre 2010 dans notre etablissement a ete inclus dans l’etude. Tous les patients etaient traites selon une strategie « a la demande » avec evaluation apres chaque cure de CHE. Resultats Vingt et un patients ont recu en moyenne 1,3 cures. La mediane de temps jusqu’a arret du traitement et la mediane de survie sans progr…
Result and cost of hepatic chemoembolisation with drug eluting beads in 21 patients.
Abstract Purpose The aim of our study was to assess the results and cost of a treatment strategy involving transarterial chemoembolisation with drug eluting beads (DEB-TACE) in patients with unresectable non-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients and methods This study included all patients treated with DEB-TACE in our hospital between January 2009 and December 2010. All patients received DEB-TACE on demand and were evaluated after each session. Results Twenty-one patients received an average of 1.3 sessions. The median time to treatment discontinuation and median progression-free survival was 181 days and 295 days, respectively. Toxicity caused treatment discontinuation in thr…