Management of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver surgery and thermal ablations: state of the art and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Despite the improvements in surgical and medical therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), recurrence still represents a major issue. Up to 70% of patients can experience HCC recurrence after liver resection (LR), as well as 20% of them even after liver transplantation (LT). The patterns of recurrence are different according to both the time and the location. Similarly, the risk factors and the management can change not only according to these patterns, but also according to the underlying liver condition and to the first treatment performed. Deep knowledge of such correlation is fundamental, since prevention and effective management of recurrence are undoubtedly the most important strategies to improve the outcomes of HCC treatment. Without adjuvant therapy, maintaining very close monit

SUBMITTER: Herrero A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839736 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature