Does Drug-Eluting Bead Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Improve the Management of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma? A Meta-Analysis

Shilong Han, Xiaoping Zhang, Liling Zou, Chenhui Lu, Jun Zhang, Jue Li and Maoquan Li

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-7

Abstract: Background: Drug eluting beads (DEB) are relatively new embolic agents that allow sustained release of chemotherapeutic agents in a localized fashion to the tumor. This technique is associated with reduced systemic side effects relative to systemic chemotherapy and an increase in the dose of antineoplastic agent delivered to the lesion. The meta-analysis was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of DEB-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in the management of hepatocellular cancer. Methods: We searched the Web of Science, PubMed, EBSCO, EMBASE, the Wiley Library and Google Scholar for studies on DEB-TACE in the management of hepatocellular cancer from 1979 to April 2013. The risk of bias was assessed using RevMan 5·1. Random and fixed-effects meta-analytical models were used where indicated, and between-study heterogeneity was assessed. Disease control, complications and severe complications were recorded. Results: Five studies met the selection criteria, three RCTs and two case-control studies, published from 2010 to 2012, included 217 patients in the DEB-TACE group and 237 in the conventional-TACE group. There was no significance over disease control (OR 2.27, 95% CI 0.78–6.63) with moderate between-study heterogeneity (χ2 = 6.83, degrees of freedom [df] = 3; p

Date: 2014
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