TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between the fever and the disappearance or decrease of lesion contrast on contrast enhanced CT images after 2 weeks of sorafenib treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
AU - Kuzuya, Teiji
AU - Ishigami, Masatoshi
AU - Niinomi, Takurou
AU - Imai, Norihiro
AU - Achiwa, Kouichi
AU - Arakawa, Takahiro
AU - Yamada, Keiichi
AU - Nakano, Satoshi
AU - Ishizu, Yoji
AU - Honda, Takashi
AU - Hayashi, Kazuhiko
AU - Ishikawa, Tetsuya
AU - Nakano, Isao
AU - Katano, Yoshiaki
AU - Itoh, Akihiro
AU - Hirooka, Yoshiki
AU - Goto, Hidemi
PY - 2013/5/30
Y1 - 2013/5/30
N2 - We investigated the relationship between the fever and the disappearance or decrease of lesion contrast on contrast enhanced CT images after 2 weeks of sorafenib treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Subjects were 64 patients who began sorafenib therapy. Contrast enhanced CT images were taken at baseline and after 2 weeks of sorafenib treatment. In patients with fever, the ratio of patients demonstrating the disappearance or decrease of lesion contrast on contrast enhanced CT images was significantly higher than in those without fever (91.3% and 61.0%, respectively, p=0.010, Fisher's exact probability test). The results suggested the relationship between the fever and contrast change on contrast enhanced CT.
AB - We investigated the relationship between the fever and the disappearance or decrease of lesion contrast on contrast enhanced CT images after 2 weeks of sorafenib treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Subjects were 64 patients who began sorafenib therapy. Contrast enhanced CT images were taken at baseline and after 2 weeks of sorafenib treatment. In patients with fever, the ratio of patients demonstrating the disappearance or decrease of lesion contrast on contrast enhanced CT images was significantly higher than in those without fever (91.3% and 61.0%, respectively, p=0.010, Fisher's exact probability test). The results suggested the relationship between the fever and contrast change on contrast enhanced CT.
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U2 - 10.2957/kanzo.54.505
DO - 10.2957/kanzo.54.505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940340371
SN - 0451-4203
VL - 54
SP - 505
EP - 506
JO - Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica
JF - Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica
IS - 7
ER -