Long-Term Outcomes Comparing Surgery to Embolization-Ablation for Treatment of Solitary HCC <7 cm

Background Resection has been the standard of care for patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Transarterial embolization and percutaneous ablation are alternative therapies often reserved for suboptimal surgical candidates. Here we compare long-term outcomes of patients with solitary...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of surgical oncology 2013-09, Vol.20 (9), p.2881-2886
Hauptverfasser: Elnekave, Eldad, Erinjeri, Joseph P., Brown, Karen T., Thornton, Raymond H., Petre, Elena N., Maybody, Majid, Maluccio, Mary A., Hsu, Meier, Sofocleous, Constantinos T., Getrajdman, George I., Brody, Lynn A., Solomon, Stephen B., Alago, William, Fong, Yuman, Jarnagin, William R., Covey, Anne M.
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Zusammenfassung:Background Resection has been the standard of care for patients with solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Transarterial embolization and percutaneous ablation are alternative therapies often reserved for suboptimal surgical candidates. Here we compare long-term outcomes of patients with solitary HCC treated with resection versus combined embo-ablation. Methods We previously reported a retrospective comparison of resection and embo-ablation in 73 patients with solitary HCC
ISSN:1068-9265
1534-4681
DOI:10.1245/s10434-013-2961-2