Intra-Arterial Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors

Abstract

The aims of this thesis were, first, to investigate the toxicities associated with trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE) of liver tumors and to evaluate the use of MR imaging in characterizing tumor response after this locoregional therapy, second, to further develop intra-arterial therapy of liver tumors with 3-bromopyruvate (3-BrPA), a novel anti-cancer agent, and finally, to assess the value of new MR imaging techniques in the characterization of liver lesions. In Chapter 1, the general introduction, an overview of these aims and an outline of the thesis are presented.