Abstract: Objective To explore the short-term curative effects and safety of microwave sub-high temperature
hyperthermia chemotherapy combined with interventional embolotherapy on patients with advanced primary
liver cancer. Methods The data of 79 patients with advanced primary liver cancer in our hospital from
September 2014 to March 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into combination
group (42 cases) and control group (37 cases) according to different therapeutic methods. Patients in
combination group were treated with hepatic arterial embolization after interventional sequential oxaliplatin
combined chemotherapy of Gio heat, and patients in control group were treated with hepatic arterial
embolization only. All patients were treated for two cycles (21 days/cycle). The short-term effect and adverse
reactions after treatment were compared between two groups. Results After treatment, the rate of total tumor
response and disease control in combination group were significantly higher than those of control group
(71.4% vs 48.6%, 92.9% vs 75.7%), the differences were statistically significant (χ 2 = 4.281, 4.508; P = 0.039,
0.034). The effective rate of combination group according to the tumor amount of lipiodol deposition was
significantly higher than that in control group (80.9% vs 51.4%), the difference was statistically significant
(χ 2 = 8.936, P = 0.003). The total efficiency of clinical symptoms and clinical benefit rate in combined group
were significantly higher than those of control group (59.5% vs 37.8%, 90.5% vs 75.7%), the differences were
statistically significant (χ 2 = 4.133, 5.221; P = 0.042, 0.022). The total effective rate of AFP in combination
group was significantly higher than that of control group (64.3% vs 40.5%), the difference was statistically
significant (χ 2 = 4.454, P = 0.035), and the clinical benefit rate of AFP in two groups had no significant
difference (85.7% vs 73.0%; χ 2 = 1.977, P = 0.160). The common side-effects were gastrointestinal reactions,
bone marrow suppression, liver function affected and peripheral nervous system damage, no serious adverse
reactions occurred in both groups. The adverse reaction rates in two groups had no significant difference (P >
0.05). Conclusions The curative effect of primary hyperthermia chemotherapy combined with interventional
embolotherapy on patients with advanced liver cancer is preferable and the adverse reactions are slight and
tolerable, which provides a new treatment method for patients with advanced liver cancer.
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