Clinical Study

Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Is a Feasible Palliative Locoregional Therapy for Breast Cancer Liver Metastases

Table 1

Patient characteristics of breast cancer primary, liver metastasis and details of prior systemic therapy.

PatientAgeTreatment of Primary CaAxillary LN StatusReceptor StatusExtrahepatic metastasis before TACEInterval between Diagnosis of Primary Breast Cancer and Liver Metastasis (in months)Liver Metastasis ExtentLargest Liver Metastasis Size (in cm)Previous Systemic ChemotherapyHormonal TreatmentTrastuzumab

135mastectomypositiveER PR HER2/neu  L4 bone0multiple bilobar yesnoyes

244mastectomypositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  T12 bone95multiple bilobar yesyesyes

352lumpectomy radiation, axillary LNDpositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  None14multiple bilobar yesnono

434mastectomypositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  None24multiple bilobar yesyesno

540lumpectomy radiation, axillary LNDpositiveER  PR  multiple vertebral bones60multiple bilobar yesyesno

660mastectomypositiveER  PR  None0multiple bilobar yesyesno

751axillary LNDpositiveER  PR  HER2/neu None0multiple bilobar yesnoyes

829lumpectomy radiationpositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  None16multiple bilobar yesnoyes

949lumpectomy radiation, axillary LNDpositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  multiple vertebral bones, Calcaneus93multiple bilobar yesyesno

1054mastectomypositiveER  PR  HER2/neu  C3, C4, C5 vertebral bones80right lobe yesyesno