Clinical Outcomes of Next-Generation Microwave Thermosphere Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Primarily Hepatitis-Related Etiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

We investigated the clinical outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent next-generation microwave thermosphere ablation (MTA).

Methods

A total of 429 patients with 607 HCCs (maximum tumor diameter ≤40 mm) were included. We defined the following areas of the liver as those where MTA therapy is difficult to perform: caudate lobe and areas near the primary and secondary branches of the intrahepatic portal vein, inferior vena cava, gallbladder, heart, duodenum, abdominal esophagus, collateral veins around the liver, and spleen. Factors which predisposed patients to local tumor recurrence in the context of tumor location and complications were examined.

Results

The primary etiologies of HCC were hepatitis-related: 259 (60.4%)

SUBMITTER: Nakamura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature