Abstract: Objective  To evaluate the curative effect of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with Antike in the treatment of primary liver cancer. Methods  The data of 72 patients with primary liver cancer (90 lesions in total) admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University from August 2016 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were divided into the observation group (n=36) and the control group (n=36) according to the therapeutic schedule. The patients in the control group (40 foci) were treated with TACE only, and the patients in the observation group (50 foci) received TCAE treatment, oral Antike capsules were taken at the same time with the frequency of three times a day, two capsules each time, and six weeks were planned for one treatment cycle. A total of four cycles were completed. All patients underwent CT enhancement scans one week before TACE treatment and six months after treatment. According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, complete remission and partial remission were deemed as effectivity.The imaging data of the change of tumor size, postoperative tumor residual, tumor capsule growth and new intrahepatic metastases were analyzed and used to evaluate the curative effect of patients in the two groups. Results   After 6 months of treatment, there were 39 effective lesions in the observation group and 23 in the control group. The total effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (78.0% vs. 57.5%), and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.357, P=0.037). Twenty-three neoplastic capsule lesions were detected in the observation group and 9 in the control group. The detection rate of neoplastic capsule was higher in the observation group than that in the control group (46.0% vs. 22.5%), and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=5.356, P=0.021). There were 27 residual tumors and 5 new intrahepatic metastases in the observation group, 30 residual tumors and 13 new intrahepatic metastases in the control group. The residual tumor rate and neohepatic metastasis rate in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (54.0% vs. 75.0%; 13.9% vs. 36.1%), and the differences were statistically significant (χ2=4.220, P=0.040; χ2=4.741, P=0.029). Conclusion  TACE combined with Antike is safe and effective in the treatment of primary liver cancer. It can improve the total clinical efficiency, promote the growth of tumor capsule, and reduce the recurrence rate and metastasis rate of tumor. It is worthy of clinical application.

Key words: Tomography, spiral computed, Liver neoplasms, Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, Antike