Table 1. Biochemical and temperature responses to transarterial chemoembolisation in 256 embolisations undertaken in 145 patients.

	Pre	Post	Change	P
Albumin	39	34	−5	0.0001
Aspartate aminotransferase	30	227	+158	0.0001
Alkaline phosphatase	153	182	+15	0.0001
Bilirubin	11	21	+11	0.0001
Prothrombin ratio	1.0	1.1	0	0.0001
Temperature	36.8	38.5	+1.7	0.0001

Results are expressed as medians, and statistical comparison between groups was performed using the Mann–Whitney U-test.