Clinical Effect of Non-Operative Treatment of Tumor Thrombus in Portal Vein

Objective To study clinical value of a new therapy for tumor thrombus of portal vein.Methods Twenty patients received direct puncture to portal vein or tube insertion under ultrasonographic guide.Among them,16 patients received direct injection and 4 had tube insertion.It provided high concentration of anticancer drugs directly to the tumor thrombus.Results The thrombus disappeared only one case,the mass of tumor thrombus decreased in the portal vein trunk in 3 cases and obviously was controlled in 6 cases.The survival time in the group with treatment was longer than in that the control group.Conclusion This method is an effective,safe and easy procedure,it has active significance for advanced hepatic cancer.