A case of a super-elderly patient with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein invasion successfully treated with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy

• Published in: Kanzo Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 545 - 553
• Main Authors: Kawai, Toshihiro, Sugimoto, Takafumi, Kondo, Yuji, Kanda, Miho, Sato, Shinpei, Obi, Shuntaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japan Society of Hepatology 20.10.2018
• Subjects: hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; hepatitis C; hepatocellular carcinoma; portal vein tumor thrombosis; super elderly patient

An 80-year-old man underwent a blood test and was tested positive for hepatitis C virus antibody in 2005; thereafter, he visited the hospital regularly every 3 months. In February 2015, when the patient was 90 years of age, his abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a hepatic tumor; subsequently,...