Repetitive transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of liver metastases from gastric cancer: Local control and survival results Vogl, Thomas J., E-mail: T.Vogl@em.uni-frankfurt.de [Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Gruber-Rouh, Tatjana; Eichler, Katrin [Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Nour-Eldin, Nour-Eldin A. [Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo (Egypt)]; Trojan, Jörg [Department of Internal Medicine I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Zangos, Stephan [Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Naguib, Nagy N.N. [Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany)]; Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria (Egypt)] 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; CHEMOTHERAPY; LIPIODOL; LIVER; MATERIALS; METASTASES; MICROSPHERES; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASMS; NMR IMAGING; PATIENTS; STARCH; SURVIVAL TIME Objective: To evaluate the local tumor control and survival data after transarterial chemoembolization with different drug combinations in the palliative treatment of patients with liver metastases of gastric cancer. Materials and methods: The study was retrospectively performed. 56 patients (mean age, 52.4) with unresectable liver metastases of gastric cancer who did not respond to systemic chemotherapy were repeatedly treated with TACE in 4-week intervals. In total, 310 chemoembolization procedures were performed (mean, 5.5 sessions per patient). The local chemotherapy protocol consisted of mitomycin alone (30.4%), mitomycin and gemcitabine (33.9%), or mitomycin, gemcitabine and cisplatin (35.7%). Embolization was performed with lipiodol and starch microspheres. Local tumor response was evaluated by MRI according to RECIST. Survival data from first chemoembolization were calculated according to the Kaplan–Meier method. Results: The local tumor control was: complete response in 1.8% (n = 1), partial response in 1.8% (n = 1), stable disease in 51.8% (n = 29) and progressive disease in 44.6% (n = 25) of patients. The 1-, 2-, and 3-year survival rate from the start of chemoembolization were 58%, 38%, and 23% respectively. The median and mean survival times were 13 and 27.1 months. A Statistically significant difference between patients treated with different chemotherapy protocols was noted (ρ = 0.045) with the best survival time in the mitomycin, gemcitabine and cisplatin group. Conclusion: Transarterial chemoembolization is a minimally invasive therapy option for palliative treatment of liver metastases in patients with gastric cancer. Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.10.006 Netherlands 2013-02-15 English Journal Article Journal Name: European Journal of Radiology; Journal Volume: 82; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: Cuba Medium: X; Size: page(s) 258-263 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EJRAD.2012.10.006 PII: S0720-048X(12)00485-8 [] 2 82 Journal ID: ISSN 0720-048X; CODEN: EJRADR; Other: PII: S0720-048X(12)00485-8; TRN: NL13R1455001236 NLN 2015-01-15 22295067