ĐỒNG THUẬN CHUYÊN GIA VỀ ĐIỀU TRỊ UNG THƯ BIỂU MÔ TẾ BÀO GAN BẰNG PHƯƠNG PHÁP TẮC MẠCH HÓA CHẤT ĐƯỜNG ĐỘNG MẠCH

Vũ Đăng Lưu1, Phạm Minh Thông1, Nguyễn Tiến Thịnh2, Đỗ Đăng Tân3, , Lê Thanh Dũng1, Lê Trọng Bỉnh4, Lê Văn Khảng5, Nguyễn Đình Luân6, Nguyễn Ngọc Tráng1, Ngô Lê Lâm7, Trịnh Hà Châu5, Thân Văn Sỹ8, Nguyễn Duy Anh7, Lê Đức Thọ5, Trần Đức Huy5, Phạm Quang Sơn5, Lê Doãn Trí5, Phạm Cẩm Phương9, Phan Thị Hồng Đức10, Hồ Tấn Phát11, Nguyễn Ngọc Cương12, Võ Duy Thông13
1 Hội Điện quang và Y học hạt nhân Việt Nam
2 Bệnh viện 108
3 Trung tâm Điện quang bệnh viện Bạch Mai
4 BV Trường Đại học Y Dược Huế
5 Bệnh viện Bạch Mai
6 Bệnh viện Nhân dân Gia Định
7 Bệnh viện K
8 Bệnh viện Việt Đức
9 Trung tâm YHHN và Ung bướu, Bệnh viện Bạch Mai
10 Khoa nội tiêu hóa, tuyến vú, tiết niệu, Bệnh viện Ung bướu TP.HCM
11 Khoa nội tiêu hóa, Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy
12 Khoa Chẩn đoán hình ảnh Bệnh viện Đại học Y Hà Nội
13 Khoa nội tiêu hóa, Bệnh viện Y Dược TP.HCM

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Nội dung các khuyến cáo của các chuyên gia về các vấn đề liên quan đến phương pháp tắc mạch hóa chất trong điều trị ung thư biểu mô tế bào gan như : phương pháp chẩn đoán hình ảnh sử dụng trước điều trị; lựa chọn bệnh nhân, đường tiếp cận và các công cụ hỗ trợ, kỹ thuật điều trị; vật liệu tắc mạch và các hóa chất sử dụng; theo dõi sau điều trị; kết hợp các phương pháp điều trị khác.

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