Comparison of liver injury and inflammatory response following conventional and drug-eluting bead transcatheter chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to compare the extent of liver injury and the inflammatory response in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) and drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE).

Methods

Clinical data from October 2018 to October 2019 were prospectively collected to establish a database. The baseline clinical and demographic characteristics of patients in the two groups were matched using propensity score matching (PSM). Serum levels of hepatic function indicators and inflammatory cytokines were evaluated before treatment and five days post-treatment.

Results

A total of 134 participants were included in the analysis. Following 1:1 PSM, 43 patients remained in each group, with

SUBMITTER: You R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11985740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature