Local Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2024 Expert Consensus-Based Practical Recommendations of the Korean Liver Cancer Association

Local ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a non-surgical option that directly targets and destroys tumor cells, has advanced significantly since the 1990s. Therapies with different energy sources, such as radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, and cryoablation, employ different mechan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Korean journal of radiology 2024, 25(9), , pp.773-787
Hauptverfasser: Han, Seungchul, Sung, Pil Soo, Park, Soo Young, Kim, Jin Woong, Hong, Hyun Pyo, Yoon, Jung-Hee, Chung, Dong Jin, Kwon, Joon Ho, Lim, Sanghyeok, Kim, Jae Hyun, Shin, Seung Kak, Kim, Tae Hyung, Lee, Dong Ho, Choi, Jong Young
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Zusammenfassung:Local ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a non-surgical option that directly targets and destroys tumor cells, has advanced significantly since the 1990s. Therapies with different energy sources, such as radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, and cryoablation, employ different mechanisms to induce tumor necrosis. The precision, safety, and effectiveness of these therapies have increased with advances in guiding technologies and device improvements. Consequently, local ablation has become the first-line treatment for early-stage HCC. The lack of organized evidence and expert opinions regarding patient selection, pre-procedure preparation, procedural methods, swift post-treatment evaluation, and follow-up has resulted in clinicians following varied practices. Therefore, an expert consensus-based practical recommendation for local ablation was developed by a group of experts in radiology and hepatology from the Research Committee of the Korean Liver Cancer Association in collaboration with the Korean Society of Image-guided Tumor Ablation to provide useful information and guidance for performing local ablation and for the pre- and post-treatment management of patients.
ISSN:2005-8330
1229-6929
2005-8330
DOI:10.3348/kjr.2024.0550