The Combination Strategy of Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation or Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Joint Authors

Chen, Xinhua
Xu, Zhentian
Zhou, Lin
Zheng, Shusen
Xie, Haiyang

Source

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-08-26

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary cancer of the liver.

Hepatectomy and liver transplantation (LT) are regarded as the radical treatment, but great majority of patients are already in advanced stage on the first diagnosis and lose the surgery opportunity.

Multifarious image-guided interventional therapies, termed as locoregional ablations, are recommended by various HCC guidelines for the clinical practice.

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is firstly recommended for intermediate-stage (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) B class) HCC but has lower necrosis rates.

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is effective in treating HCCs smaller than 3 cm in size.

Microwave ablation (MWA) can ablate larger tumor within a shorter time.

Combination of TACE with RFA or MWA is effective and promising in treating larger HCC lesions but needs more clinical data to confirm its long-term outcome.

The combination of TACE and RFA or MWA against hepatocellular carcinoma needs more clinical data for a better strategy.

The characters and advantages of TACE, RFA, MWA, and TACE combined with RFA or MWA are reviewed to provide physician a better background on decision.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Xu, Zhentian& Xie, Haiyang& Zhou, Lin& Chen, Xinhua& Zheng, Shusen. 2019. The Combination Strategy of Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation or Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Analytical Cellular Pathology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117898

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Xu, Zhentian…[et al.]. The Combination Strategy of Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation or Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Analytical Cellular Pathology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117898

American Medical Association (AMA)

Xu, Zhentian& Xie, Haiyang& Zhou, Lin& Chen, Xinhua& Zheng, Shusen. The Combination Strategy of Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation or Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Analytical Cellular Pathology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117898

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1117898