Ethanol injection
100% ethanol injection into the tumor can be useful, because it is highly toxic liver tumors. This is injected into the center of the tumor through the skin (skin), or at the time of surgery. Alcohol stem cells and lead to the disintegration of cell protein, leading to tumor cell death. The treatment, the management of patients who refuse surgery or who have serious liver disease, to prevent them from the liver surgery.
This process is usually done in hospitals or clinics for injection with the assistance of ultrasound or CT scan. Each treatment, including one injection, although a series of injections may also be suggested that the effective treatment of tumors. Side effects are mild and temporary (5-10 minutes), including local pain and the overall feeling of alcohol poisoning.
Ethanol injection is a safe, simple procedure has been shown to extend survival (40 -7 0% in three years) with small liver cancer. It provides a temporary solution the management of metastatic liver cancer, in some cases, extend a patient’s survival.
A new experimental treatment for patients with advanced liver tumors is being tested at Allegheny General Hospital. Patients vaccinated solutions containing alcohol and chemotherapy drug called nitrogen mustard. This drug combination known as the Department of Trade and Industry – 015. The initial work with the drug combination of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, the preliminary results are encouraging. Phase I / Kim Jong Il’s research, which is approved by the FDA, the ongoing Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
