Safety and efficacy of balloon-occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization using miriplatin for hepatocellular carcinoma

Aim Balloon‐occluded transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (B‐TACE) using a microballoon catheter was performed to administrate miriplatin, and the early therapeutic efficacy and safety of the procedure were evaluated. Methods Out of 158 patients who received miriplatin using B‐TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma, 49 patients with a single lesion at either stage I or II (according to the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan) were evaluated in comparison with 48 matched patients who received miriplatin using conventional TACE (C‐TACE). Results The mean total dose and median dose of miriplatin in each group were 32.5 ± 31.7 mg and 20 mg (C‐TACE) and 50.1 ± 31.3 mg and 40 mg (B‐TACE), respectively (P