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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2019 Jan 9;42(4):569–576. doi: 10.1007/s00270-018-02160-y

Table 3.

Initial response to treatment (mRECIST) after TAE using particles < 100 micron, versus TAE using only particles ≥ 100 micron. Patients who received particles < 100 micron had a higher initial response rate (CR+PR, Fisher’s exact test, p=0.007).


< 100 μm ≥ 100 μm All patients
CR 10 (13%) 10 (12%) 20 (13%)
PR 39 (51%) 25 (30%) 64 (40%)
SD 10 (13%) 28 (34%) 38 (24%)
PD 18 (23%) 20 (24%) 38 (24%)

Total 77 83 160